NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Oslo Stock Exchange

Oslo Stock Exchange (Norwegian: Oslo Børs) serves as the main market for trading in shares of Norwegian companies. It opens 9:00 a.m. and closes 4.30 p.m. local time (CET). Oslo Børs is often called a cowboy-exchange^{[citation needed]} because insider trading is thought to be common^{[citation needed]}. A public company usually refers to a company which is permitted to offer its securities (stock, bonds, etc. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 224 454 kmÂ² 426 kmÂ² 0. ... Bente Avnung Landsnes (born August 8, 1957) is the current CEO of the Oslo Stock Exchange. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... ISO 4217 Code NOK User(s) Norway Inflation 2. ... Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), also known as operating income and operating profit, is a term used to describe a companys earnings. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ISO 4217 Code NOK User(s) Norway Inflation 2. ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ISO 4217 Code NOK User(s) Norway Inflation 2. ... A Web site (or colloquially, Website) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 546 pixels Full resolution (2859 Ã— 1953 pixel, file size: 1,001 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Picture taken and uploaded by Mr StÃ¥le Johnsen (User:Guaca) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 546 pixels Full resolution (2859 Ã— 1953 pixel, file size: 1,001 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Picture taken and uploaded by Mr StÃ¥le Johnsen (User:Guaca) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file... The term company may refer to a separate legal entity, as in English law, or may simply refer to a business, as is the common use in the United States. ...

History

Oslo Stock Exchange started its life as Christiania Børs in 1819. In the beginning, there was no organized listing or stock exchange; the Børs served as a meeting place for investors auctioning ships, shares in ships, commodities, and foreign currencies. Stocks and bonds only started trading on the exchange in 1881. In the period 1878â€“1924, Kristiania was the name used for Norways capital Oslo (having been called Christiania since 1624). ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1988, the exchange introduced electronic trading support system, and replaced the old auction model with continuous trading of listed shares throughout the day. Trading became fully electronic in 1999 and the trading floor was discontinued. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...

OBX Index

The OBX Index is a list of the 25 most liquid companies on the Oslo Stock Exchange main index. The companies have their own index common OBX index. All stocks on the OBX list can be traded with options and futures. The companies on the OBX list are rotaded twice a year, on the third friday of June and December. OBX Index is a list of the 25 most liquid companies on the Oslo Stock Exchange main index. ... Market liquidity is a business or economics term that refers to the ability to quickly buy or sell a particular item without causing a significant movement in the price. ... In finance options are types of derivative contracts, including call options and put options, where the future payoffs to the buyer and seller of the contract are determined by the price of another security, such as a common stock. ... In finance, a futures contract is a standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a certain underlying instrument at a certain date in the future, at a specified price. ...

Ownership

Oslo Stock Exchange remained a self-owning institution until 2001 when it converted into a joint stock company and offered shares to the public in an IPO. DnB NOR owns 18% of the company, with the rest of the shares held mostly by many foreign and domestic investors. On October 6 2006, the larger maket and pan- Scandinavian stock exchange group OMX acquired a 10% strategic stake. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A joint stock company is a type of business partnership in which the capital is formed by the individual contributions of a group of shareholders. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... DnB NOR is Norways largest financial services group with total assets of more than NOK 1. ... OMX AB is a Swedish-Finnish financial services company, formed in 2003 through a merger between OM AB and HEX plc. ...

See also

This is a list of companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange as of September 2006. ... This is a list of stock exchanges. ...

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OBX companies of Norway

Acergy • Aker • Aker Kværner • Awilco Offshore • DnB NOR • DNO • Fred. Olsen Energy • Frontline • Marine Harvest •
Norske Skog • Norsk Hydro • Ocean Rig • Orkla • Petroleum Geo-Services • Prosafe • SeaDrill • Statoil • Storebrand •
Subsea 7 • Tandberg • Telenor • TGS-NOPEC • Tomra • Yara
See also: Companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... OBX Index is a list of the 25 most liquid companies on the Oslo Stock Exchange main index. ... Acergy (OSE: ACY, NASDAQ: ACGY) is a Norwegian offshore seabed to surface engineering and construction company previously know as Stolt Offshore and Stolt Nielsen Seaway and was part of the Stolt-Nielsen Group until 2005. ... Aker (OSE: AKER) is a Norwegian holding company engaged within offshore, fishing, construction and engineering. ... Aker KvÃ¦rner is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. ... Awilco Offshore (OSE: AWO) is a Norwegian drilling rig owner. ... DnB NOR is Norways largest financial services group with total assets of more than NOK 1. ... DNO ASA (OSE: DNO) originally Det norske oljeselskap is Norways fourth largest petroleum company with upstream operations in the North Sea, Middle East and Africa. ... Fred. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Marine Harvest is international seafood company, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. ... Norske Skogindustrier ASA or Norske Skog, (OSE: NSG) which translates as Norwegian Forest Industries, is a Norwegian pulp and paper company based in Oslo, Norway and etablished in 1962. ... Norsk Hydro ASA is a Norwegian oil and energy and integrated aluminium company, headquartered in Oslo. ... Ocean Rig (OSE: OCR) is a Norwegian semi-submersible rig operator based in Stavanger. ... Orkla Group (OSE: ORK) is a Norwegian industrial conglomerate primarily operating in the Nordic region. ... Petroleum Geo-Services ASA NYSE: PGS, an oilfield service company, provides geophysical services worldwide and floating production services in the North Sea. ... Prosafe OSE: PRS is the world leader in semi-submersible accommodation and service rigs and a large operator of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) and Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO). ... SeaDrill (OSE: SDRL) is a Norwegian-Bermuda offshore oil drill operating company with operations in Brunei, Congo, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Thailand and the UK. The company operates Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels, Semi-submersibles, Jack ups, Tender rigs, Semi Tenders and Drillships. ... A Statoil petrol station sign in Estonia Statoil (OSE: STL, NYSE: STO) is a Norwegian petroleum company established in 1972. ... The Storebrand Group (Storebrand ASA) is a financial services company with home market in Norway. ... Subsea 7 (OSE: SUB) is a Norwegian subsea engineering and construction company. ... For other Tandbergs see Tandberg (disambiguation) Tandberg is a manufacturer of videoconferencing systems, located in Oslo, Norway (product development, sales and distribution) and New York City, USA (sales and distribution). ... Telenor (OSE: TEL, NASDAQ: TELN) is the incumbent telecommunications company in Norway, with headquarters located at Fornebu, close to Oslo. ... TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (OSE: TGS) often branded as TGS is a Norwegian geoscience data, software and service provider. ... Tomra Systems ASA is a Norwegian company producing, selling and operating reverse vending machines, used to sort and collect empty beverage containers for recycling. ... Yara (OSE: YAR) is a Norwegian company and a world leading supplier of plant nutrients in the form of mineral fertilizers. ...

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