UPDATE 1-NORDIC STOCKS - Factors to watch on Nov 11
(Adds SSAB, SAS, Wavefield Inseis, updates Cramo, Trygvesta)
HELSINKI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Tuesday:
SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES (SAS.ST)(SAS.CO)(SASNOK.OL)
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHAG.DE) has temporarily broken off talks to buy the airline, due to losses at SAS unit Spanair, Germany's Suedeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported, citing sources. Lufthansa was not immediately available for comment.
Sources said earlier this year that Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) was in talks to buy SAS.
For more on the company, double click on [SAS.ST] [SAS.CO] [SASNOL.OL]
SSAB (SSABb.ST)
The Swedish specialty steel maker said late on Monday it had cut output at a top strip product site in Sweden as customers appeared to be running down inventories before making new orders. A company spokeswoman said the firm was also considering other cuts as it grapples with a downturn in demand.
For more on the company, double click on [SSABb.ST]
CRAMO (CRA1V.HE)
The Finnish machinery rental firm reported an 8-percent year-on-year rise in third-quarter operating profit to 32.3 million euros ($41.65 million), broadly matching expectations, and repeated its 2008 outlook for sales and EBITA margin, although it noted risk levels were now higher.
For more on the company, double click on [CRA1V.HE] Continued...


