Thursday August 27, 07:36 AM
UPDATE 2-NORDIC STOCKS - Factors to watch on Aug 27
HELSINKI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Thursday:
VOLVO (Stockholm: VOLVB.ST - news)
The world's second biggest heavy-duty truckmaker is due to publish its July truck deliveries at 0630 GMT.
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PROSAFE (Oslo: PRS.OL - news)
The Oslo-listed oilfield services group is expected to post a 21 percent fall in operating profit for the second quarter, a Reuters poll of analysts showed.
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GENMAB
The Danish biotech company Genmab (Copenhagen: GEN.CO - news) said late on Wednesday that it got positive top-line results from a phase II study of its Arzerra cancer drug, which is being co-developed with GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK.L - news) .
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NORDEA, SPAR NORD BANK (Copenhagen: SPNO.CO - news)
The Danish state body Financial Stability, who currently owns the troubled Fionia Bank (Copenhagen: AMSP.CO - news) , said that it expected that parts of Fionia will be sold before the end of August, daily Borsen said. The Danish bank Spar Nord Bank and Nordea have been mentioned as the most likely buyers.
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