** Shares in Ubisoft continue to climb for a second session after it said it was reviewing strategic options following a report on a possible buyout, rising 6% and topping France's SBF 120 index
** It says it "regularly reviews all its strategic options" after Bloomberg News on Friday reported that major shareholder Tencent and the Guillemot family, Ubisoft's founders, were considering a buyout of the French video game maker
** "The statement released this morning is not discarding potential takeovers," Midcap analyst Charles-Louis Planade says
** Ubisoft's shares surged 33.5% on Friday after the report
(Reporting by Leo Marchandon)
((Leo.marchandon@thomsonreuters.com))
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