By Martin Baccardax Uber told its Investor Day conference that gross bookings should rise to around $170 billion by 2024, lifting operating profits to as high as $5 billion. Uber Technologies (UBER) – Get Uber Technologies, Inc. Report shares moved lower Thursday after the stock was halted from trading during its investor day presentation in New York, where the company issued near-term profit and bookings forecasts. Uber said it will report $5 billion in operating profits by 2024, CFO Nelson Chai told investors Thursday, compared to a loss of $800 million in 2021, with gross bookings rising to…