** Shares of U.S. energy firm Equitrans Midstream ETRN.N
rise 9.6% to $10.15
** U.S. Supreme Court granted a request to lift stays
imposed on Mountain Valley Pipeline by a lower court that had
halted construction of the 303-mile (488-km) natural gas
pipeline, which is primarily being built by ETRN
** The pipeline received authorization from the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission in June to restart construction
** Mountain Valley is owned by units of ETRN as well as
NextEra Energy NEE.N , Consolidated Edison ED.N , AltaGas
ALA.TO and RGC Resources RGCO.O
** Including session's gain, stock up 51.4% YTD
(Reporting by Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru)
((Sourasis.bose@thomsonreuters.com))