Norwegian Stocks: BW Offshore, SAS and Scottish Salmon gain after Q2 reports in weaker market
31/08/2018 10:06
OSLO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - * Norwegian shares traded down on Friday, follow European markets on global trade disputes urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1VM1BE * Oslo's benchmark index .OSEBX fell -0.07 pct, or -0.6 points, to 911.81 points and was up by 12.03 pct year-to-date * The broader Oslo All Share Index .OSEAX was down 0.1 percent * Brent crude futures LCOc1 , a trigger for the oil heavy Oslo Bourse, fell $-0.38 to $77.39 a barrel O/R * Among the biggest firms on the Oslo Bourse, Equinor EQNR.OL fell -0.50 pct, Telenor TEL.OL rose 0.57 pct and DNB DNB.OL rose 0.15 pct * Turnover at the Oslo Bourse was 1.1 billion Norwegian crowns and most traded shares were Equinor EQNR.OL , BW Offshore BWO.OL and Marine Harvest MHG.OL * Shares of BW Offshore Ltd BWO.OL BWO.OL were up 8.88 pct to NOK 56.4 * BW Offshore reported q2 EBITDA above forecast and sees first oil in Gabon oil project in September/Ocotber. Starts preparing for phase two at the Gabon field and sees potential more oil urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1VM1U2 * Shares of Scottish Salmon Company PLC BWO.OL SSCOM.OL were up 6.05 pct to NOK 13.15 * Scottish Salmon Company: Raises 2018 harvest guidance and sharply improved Q2 earnings urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1VL12N * Airline SAS SAS.ST SASNOK.OL rose 10 pct after raising 2018 profit outlook, peer Norwegian Air NWC.OL rose 1.2 pct * Gainers: Photocure ASA 3.41 pct and Grieg Seafood ASA 2.72 pct * Biggest losers: Questerre Energy Corp QEC.OL -4.27 pct, B2holding ASA B2H.OL -2.84 pct and Kongsberg Automotive ASA KOA.OL -2.41 pct * Abroad European shares .FTEU3 fell -0.47 pct, Japan's main share index Nikkei .N225 ended down -0.02 pct, while in China Shanghai index .SSEC was down -0.46 pct and Dow Jones index .DJI in the United States -0.53 pct on Thursday (Reporting By Ole Petter Skonnord) ((olepetter.skonnord@thomsonreuters.com; 0047 23 31 65 97;))