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Listed enterprises performed better
Listed enterprises performed better in last year’s fourth quarter, reversing the declining trend of the two previous quarters.
The profit before tax totalled almost NOK 63 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011, rising by about NOK 11 billion or 20 per cent from the previous quarter. It went up approximately NOK 5 billion or 8 per cent from the same quarter in 2010.
Operating profit also increased from the third to the fourth quarter of 2011. The increase was over NOK 10 billion or 18 per cent. The increase from the fourth quarter of 2010, which was NOK 4 billion or 7 per cent, was less.
Despite the better performance, the number of loss-making companies rose from the third quarter of 2011. The proportion of companies making pre-tax losses also went up from the fourth quarter of 2010.
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