STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-DNO soars on Kurdistan oil outlook

Shares in oil company DNO <DNO.OL> shoot up over 20.5 percent to 6.47 Norwegian crowns, the highest level since Sept. 21, 2009, on news that Iraq expects to resume oil exports from its Kurdistan region in the near future.

DNO is among top gainers in the Nordic region and outpaces the DJ Stoxx European energy index <.SXEP>, which is up 0.4 percent.

"DNO is trading higher on the statements that the company may soon resume exports of oil from Kurdistan," Nordic bank Nordea says in a note. For more double click on [ID:nLDE6181LL] [ID:nLDE61815Q]

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