(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - London, 21 Aug - In European stock market dealings, shares of oil service provider Saipem rose 3.35% at 2.0690 euros following a report it has been awarded a new, 2 billion dollar contract from Saudi Aramco.

In Copenhagen, shares of the Danish hearing aid retailer Demant closed 2.07% higher at 275.60 Danish crowns in trade on the Copenhagen stock exchange, after Morgan Stanley raised its recommendation on the stock to "overweight" from "underweight" and lifted the target price to 320 crowns from 268.

And in Zurich, shares of Swiss-American eyecare group Alcon lost 2.32% at 80.78 Swiss francs in the wake of disappointing second quarter results.

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