Norwegian Stocks: Strong salmon shares lead Oslo higher

Austevoll Seafood ASA

16/08/2018 12:22

OSLO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - 
 * Norwegian shares traded up on Thursday 
 * Oslo's benchmark index  .OSEBX  rose 0.82 pct, or 7.28
points, to 890.01 points and was up by 8.38 pct year-to-date
 * The broader Oslo All Share Index  .OSEAX  was up 0.71 percent
 * Brent crude futures  LCOc1 , a trigger for the oil heavy Oslo
Bourse, rose $0.11 to $70.87 a barrel  O/R 
 * Among the biggest firms on the Oslo Bourse, Equinor  EQNR.OL 
rose 0.47 pct, Telenor  TEL.OL  rose 0.72 pct and DNB  DNB.OL 
rose 0.24 pct
 * Turnover at the Oslo Bourse was 1.9 billion Norwegian crowns
and most traded shares were Equinor EQNR.OL , DNO  DNO.OL  and
Subsea 7 SUBC.OL 
 * Shares of salmon farmers Leroy Seafood Group LSG.OL , Marine
Harvest MHG.OL , Grieg GSFO.OL , Bakkafrost BAKKA.OL  and
Salmar SALM.OL  rose 2-5 pct 
 
 * Nordea Markets raises view on salmon sector  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1V72DR
 
 * Shares of DNO ASA DNO.OL  were up 1.49 pct to NOK 19.03
 
 * Oil firm DNO announces first dividend in 13 years and that it
would seek two places on the board of peer Faroe
Petroleum FPM.L , of which it owns 28.23 percent.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1V71BQ
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1V733D
 * Biggest gainers: Idex ASA 7.94 pct, Frontline Ltd 5.39 pct
and Austevoll Seafood ASA 4.68 pct
 * Biggest losers: Kongsberg Gruppen ASA  KOG.OL  -3.01 pct,
Veidekke ASA  VEI.OL  -2.04 pct and Stolt-Nielsen Ltd  SNI.OL 
-1.97 pct
 
 * Construction firm Veidekke drops after Q2 earnings 
 * Abroad European shares  .FTEU3  rose 0.39 pct, Japan's main
share index Nikkei  .N225  ended down -0.05 pct, while in China
Shanghai index  .SSEC  was down -0.63 pct and Dow Jones index
 .DJI  in the United States -0.54 pct on Wednesday

 (Reporting by Ole Petter Skonnord)
 ((olepetter.skonnord@thomsonreuters.com; 0047 23 31 65 97;))