** Shares in Norway's Var Energi VAR.OL are up around 3% after it reported stronger-than-expected Q3 operating profit, and said it was on track to meet its 2025 production guidance
** Var's Q3 EBIT rose to $1.07 billion from $740 million a year earlier, beating the average $906 million forecast in a company-compiled poll
** According to Jefferies, "solid" Q3 results are driven by strong operational delivery from new growth projects
** The brokerage points out that, apart from net income miss impacted by higher tax, all other metrics beat expectations
** Today's gains added 2.1 billion Norwegian crowns ($209.10 million) to company's market cap
($1 = 10.0431 Norwegian crowns)
(Reporting by Agnieszka Gosciak-Rabalska)
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