Norwegian Stocks: Gjensidige shares gain in wide upturn

Questerre Energy (Canada)

20/08/2018 10:42

OSLO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - 
 * Norwegian shares traded up on Monday 
 * Oslo's benchmark index  .OSEBX  rose 1.33 pct, or 11.79
points, to 901.67 points and was up by 9.26 pct year-to-date
 * The broader Oslo All Share Index  .OSEAX  was up 1.34 percent
 * Brent crude futures  LCOc1 , a trigger for the oil heavy Oslo
Bourse, rose $0.28 to $72.11 a barrel  O/R 
 * Among the biggest firms on the Oslo Bourse, Equinor  EQNR.OL 
rose 1.41 pct, Telenor  TEL.OL  rose 1.09 pct and DNB  DNB.OL 
rose 0.69 pct
 * Turnover at the Oslo Bourse was 1.2 billion Norwegian crowns
and most traded shares were Marine Harvest MHG.OL , DNO DNO.OL 
and Equinor EQNR.OL 
 * Shares of Gjensidige Forsikring ASA  GJFS.OL  GJFS.OL  were
up 3.35 pct to NOK 138.7 at 09:14 GMT.
 * Gjensidige Forsikring: DNB Markets raises recommendation to
buy from hold  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1VB12M
 * Shares of oil services firm Subsea 7 SUBC.OL  were up 2.82
pct to NOK 113 
 
 * Subsea 7 has won an offshore contract worth between $150
million and $300 mln  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASO0006SQ 
    
  * Hoegh LNG shares rise 4.2 pct after winning a tender to
supply a floating LNG import terminal in Australia  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1VB0DU
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1VB1B8
 
 * Biggest gainers: Hexagon Composites ASA 3.58 pct, PCI Biotech
Holding ASA 3.48 pct and Gaming Innovation Group Inc 3.41 pct
 * Biggest losers: Questerre Energy Corp  QEC.OL  -11.92 pct,
Idex ASA  IDEX.OL  -4.60 pct and Thin Film Electronics ASA
 THIN.OL  -3.38 pct
 
 * Questerre QEC.OL  QEC.TO : A new petroleum law is implemented
in Quebec  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1VA01M

 * Abroad European shares  .FTEU3  rose 0.58 pct, Japan's main
share index Nikkei  .N225  ended down -0.32 pct, while in China
Shanghai index  .SSEC  was up 1.11 pct and Dow Jones index
 .DJI  in the United States 0.43 pct on Friday  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1VB19D

 (Reporting By Ole Petter Skonnord, editing by Terje Solsvik)
 ((olepetter.skonnord@thomsonreuters.com; 0047 23 31 65 97;))