Nordic Stocks: Factors to watch on Oct 15

Protector Forsikring ASA

15/10/2018 06:02

The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and
other factors:
    
    MARINE HARVEST  MHG.OL 
    The world's top fish farmer reported preliminary
third-quarter operating earnings of 204 million euros ($235.52
million), beating an average forecast of 184 million euros in a
Reuters poll of analysts.
    Profit per kilo of salmon was higher than analysts had
expected in five out of six regions reported by the company.
Overall output for the quarter was 110,000 tonnes, slightly
ahead of the 108,000 tonnes predicted in the poll.
    For more on the company, click on  MHG.OL 
    
    PROTECTOR FORSIKRING  PROTCT.OL 
    The Norwegian insurer warned of a loss in the third quarter
and said accumulated earnings before tax for the first nine
months of 2018 amounted to just 9 million Norwegian crowns 
($1.10 million). 
    In the same nine-month period of 2017, the company reported
a pretax profit of 426 million crowns.
    For more on the company, click on  PROTCT.OL 
    
    ** For a summary of upcoming results and forecasts, double
click on  NORD/EQTY 
    ** For the western European company diary covering earnings,
shareholder meetings, news conferences and analysts' meetings,
click on  WEU/EQUITY  or type in the code and hit the f9 button.
    ** Double click on  0#.INDEX.ST  for Swedish indices,
 0#.INDEX.CO  for Danish indices,  0#.INDEX.HE  for Finnish
indices and  0#.INDEX.OL  for Norwegian indices
    ** For real-time moves on Nordic blue-chip indices double
click on  .OMXS30 ,  .OMXH25 ,  .OMXC20CAP  and  .OBX 
    ** For constituent stock moves highlight the above codes in
the command box and press the f3 button on your keyboard
    ** For Nordic top news items, double click on  TOP/NORD 
    ** For the latest news on Nordic stock price moves double
click on  HOT-NORD-RTRS 
    (Reporting by Helsinki, Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm
newsrooms)

($1 = 0.8662 euros)
($1 = 8.1801 Norwegian crowns)

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