BUZZ-Etsy up on $1 bln share buyback plan, Q3 gross merchandise sales beat

Reuters10-31

** Shares of online marketplace Etsy up 13.5% at $54.48

** Co's board approves new stock repurchase program authorizing an additional $1 bln of Etsy's common stock

** Co's Q3 gross merchandise sales fell 4% to $2.92 billion but beat expectations of $2.89 billion - LSEG

** ETSY is making a lot of changes to clean up assortment, search and overall consumer experience, but GMS headwinds likely to persist until discretionary demand firms up - Barclays analysts in a note

** YTD, ETSY down 40% as of last close

(Reporting by Juveria Tabassum in Bengaluru)

((Juveria.Tabassum@thomsonreuters.com;))

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