For the second quarter, the Norwegian oil giant posted pretax profits of 28.33 bln nkr, down from 32.19 bln restated under IFRS rules, but ahead of the 28.08 bln consensus forecast of analysts polled by TDN Finans.
According to TDN, pretax forecasts ranged from 25.55 bln nkr to 30.98 bln.
Sales came in at 109.04 bln nkr, up from a restated 108.39 bln, and well ahead of the 103.63 bln consensus forecast.
This left quarterly earnings-per-share at 5.00 nkr, up from 4.41 last time and ahead of the 4.20 forecast. Neftegaz.ru
