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Tuesday June 19, 3:02 PM

NORDIC STOCKS - Factors to watch on June 19

STOCKHOLM, June 19 (Reuters) - The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Tuesday:

VOLVO

The world's second-biggest heavy-duty truck maker is set to hold a capital markets day in Gothenburg on Tuesday, beginning at 0700 GMT. The firm's long-time Chief Executive Leif Johansson is scheduled to hold a presentation at around 0900 GMT.

For more on the company, double click on [VOLVb.ST]

ERICSSON

The Swedish firm said it had signed a deal with China Unicom to upgrade the operator's GSM network in six Chinese provinces. It did not disclose the value of the deal.

Ericsson shares rose 5 percent on Monday, boosted by news it and Alcatel-Lucent had won an order to supply network equipment to U.S. operator AT&T .

For more on the company, double click on [ERICb.ST]

A.P. MOELLER-MAERSK

The group's oil production in Qatar is expected to be twice as big as Maersk's oil production in the North Sea in 2009, after an investment of 36 billion Danish crowns ($6.48 billion), Maersk executive Thomas Thune Andersen told daily Berlingske Tidende.

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

TELENOR

Russia's Alfa Group reiterated it was willing to sell its stake in Russia's mobile group Vimpelcom to Telenor in exchange for a stake in the Norwegian phone group, daily Dagens Naeringsliv reported.

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

CARLSBERG

The brewer's Chief Executive, Nils Smedegaard Andersen, rebuffed an analyst report that a deal with Scottish & Newcastle was a foregone conclusion because of back-room agreements.

"The implication that there should be some sort of insider link in Carlsberg is pure nonsense," Andersen said in an interview with daily Jyllands-Posten.

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

TOPDANMARK

Denmark's second-biggest insurer is scheduled to hold a capital markets day on Tuesday.

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

MARINE HARVEST

The Norwegian fish farming group has decided to move its small fish production in Chile from lakes to land-based tanks after problems with fish diseases, Dagens Naeringsliv reported.

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

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(Additional reporting by Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen newsrooms)

 


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