UPDATE 2-NORDIC STOCKS - Factors to watch on Aug 31

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HELSINKI Aug 31 (Reuters) - The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Tuesday:

HQ (HQ.ST)

Swedish prosecutor Berndt Berger has begun an investigation into developments leading to HQ Bank losing its banking license at the weekend, triggering a liquidation of the company. Berger said it was too early to comment on the matter, while an HQ spokesman said the bank had not been contacted by the prosecutor.

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

BAVARIAN NORDIC (BAVA.CO)

The Danish biopharmaceuticals firm posted a first-half pretax loss of 179 million crowns ($30.57 million) on revenues of 175 million and cut its full-year results outlook.

Bavarian Nordic said technical problems hampered deliveries of its Imvamune smallpox vaccine to U.S. authorities, and it forecast a 2010 pretax loss of about 450 million crowns, worse that its earlier expectation of a 250-million loss.

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

AKER SOLUTIONS (AKSO.OL)

The Norwegian company said it had been awarded a contract for the Marulk tie-in Norway with an estimated value of about 120 million crowns ($19.09 million).

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

SWEDBANK (SWEDa.ST)

A group of independent savings banks and savings bank foundations said late on Monday they would coordinate their holdings, equal to 7.8 percent of shares, in Swedbank under a joint ownership grouping.

The move comes days after activist fund Cevian Capital said it had accumulated a 4.6 percent stake in Swedbank, making it one of the biggest shareholders in the Nordic bank hit hardest by the downturn in the Baltic region in recent years.

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

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