Orsted surges after media report on potential stake sale to Equinor

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

25/02/2025 10:42

** Shares in Orsted  ORSTED.CO  rise 4.7% 
    ** Analyst Jacob Pedersen from Sydbank points to media
speculation about the Norwegian oil group Equinor's  EQNR.OL 
interest in acquiring a bigger stake in the Danish renewable
energy company
    ** But SpareBank1 Markets analyst Teodor Sveen-Nilsen says
the market reaction to the potential deal would be negative, as
it was when Equinor raised its stake in Orsted to 10% in
December    
     ** Both Equinor and Orsted declined to comment on market
rumours
    ** Shares in Orsted's peer, the Danish wind turbine maker
Vestas  VWS.CO , are also up 3.9%
    ** Orsted is among top performers on the pan-European STOXX
600  .STOXX  index

 (Reporting by Vera Dvorakova)
 ((vera.dvorakova@thomsonreuters.com))