Updates
** Shares of Canadian oil and gas producer Cenovus Energy CVE.TO rise 3.7% to C$24.33
** Company posts rise in Q3 profit, driven by higher upstream production and refinery throughput volumes
** CVE reports net income of C$1.29 billion ($919.85 million) vs C$820 million a year earlier
** Company posts Q3 total upstream production at 832,900 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), up from 771,300 boepd a year earlier
** CVE reports Q3 total downstream throughput at 710,700 barrels per day (bpd), compared with 642,900 bpd a year earlier
** "We expect near-term the focus will remain on closing the MEG transaction," UBS analyst Manav Gupta says
** Including session's moves, stock up 10.6% YTD
($1 = 1.4024 Canadian dollars)
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com;))