** Shares in German steelmaker Salzgitter SZGG.DE rise 6.5% after the company beat Q3 consensus for core profit and pre-tax income
** Its Q3 EBITDA amounts to 107.2 million euros ($125.02 million), above the 102-million-euro estimate; EBT profit at 11.1 million euros also beats the 6-million-euro loss analysts expected
** Oddo BHF says the release was very decent and attested to the group's sharpened focus on cost savings to mitigate a tough environment
** J.P. Morgan says noteworthy area was the steel production segment's EBT, driven by better pricing, significantly above its own estimate
** JPM also said cash flow and net debt are better than it expected
($1 = 0.8575 euros)
(Reporting by Bernadette Hogg and Emanuele Berro)
((bernadette.hogg@thomsonreuters.com))