'Parasite' Oscar hopes lift S.Korea's Barunson Entertainment to 8-month peak

Barunson Entertainment & Arts

10/02/2020 01:23

** South Korea's Barunson Entertainment & Arts Corp
 035620.KQ , the producer of Oscar-nominated movie "Parasite",
surges on expectations that the movie would win an Oscar
    ** Barunson E&A shares rise as much as 16% to their highest
since June 11; stock last up 12.5%, compared with a 0.1% decline
in the junior KOSDAQ market  .KQ11  
    ** The film has won six Oscar nominations, a historic first
for South Korean film, and was the upset winner at the Screen
Actors Guild awards last month  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N29J15R  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N29P02H
    ** The Oscar event is being televised live from Hollywood on
ABC television, starting at 0100 GMT  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2A908B

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