NORDIC STOCKS - Factors to watch on Nov 2

Mon Nov 2, 2009 2:21am EST
 
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HELSINKI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Monday:

JYSKE BANK (JYSK.CO)

Denmark's Jyske Bank said on Sunday that it aimed to raise around 1.2 billion crowns ($239 million) through a share issue to existing shareholders to boost its capital base and avoid taking hybrid capital loans from the government. "We see some opportunities to go more aggressively out into the market in the next year or two," Chief Executive Anders Dam told financial daily Borsen.

For more on the company, double click on [JYSK.CO]

SEADRILL (SDRL.OL)

The Oslo-listed oil services company's rig in the Timor Sea, which has been leaking oil for 10 weeks, caught fire on Sunday. The West Atlas rig is operated by a unit of PTT Exploration and Production PTTE.BK and efforts to stop the leak have failed.

For more on the incident, double click on [PTTE.BK]

For more on the company, double click on [SDRL.OL]

STATOIL (STL.OL)

Norway's biggest oil and gas producer on Nov. 1 changed its name back to Statoil from StatoilHydro, created after Statoil bought the oil and gas operations of Norsk Hydro in 2007. The name change, and new logo, cost 260 million Norwegian crowns ($45.95 million), local media reports.

For more on the company, double click on [STL.OL]

** For a summary of upcoming results and forecasts, double click on [NORD/EQTY]

** For the western European company diary covering earnings, shareholder meetings, news conferences and analysts' meetings, click on [WEU/EQUITY] or type in the code and hit the f9 button.  Continued...

 

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