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Cummins posts quarterly earnings beat on strong need for power products from data centers
Cummins Inc beat thirdquarter revenue quotes on Tuesday, due to robust need for its power generation items from information centers, sending the shares of the company up more than 4% in premarket trading. Rising demand from the technology industry's energy-hungry AI data centers has reinforced the results of power option providers in current quarters. Indiana-based Cummins saw double-digit profits growth in its Distribution sector, which is taken part in wholesaling power generation products and carrying out repair work activities, and its Power Systems sector, which creates and sells engines for industrial applications. The strong efficiency offset declines in the Parts and Engine Segments due to weakness in the North American durable truck market, where Cummins products engines and associated parts. The business anticipates the pattern to continue the 4th quarter. Cummins reported third-quarter earnings of $8.45 billion, above analysts' price quotes of $8.30 billion, according to data put together by LSEG. The company's third-quarter earnings per share of $5.86 likewise beat experts' typical quotes of $4.80 per share. Core earnings or EBITDA was available in at $1.4 billion, or 16.4% of sales, compared to $1.2 billion, or 14.6% of sales, a year earlier.
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India's GAIL beats Q2 revenue view on natgas marketing increase
Gas distributor GAIL (India). published a biggerthanexpected quarterly revenue on Tuesday,. helped by strength in its gas marketing company. India's top natural gas supplier by market share said its. net revenue after tax rose 11% to 26.72 billion rupees ($ 317.8. million) for the September quarter. Experts, usually,. expected earnings of 25.99 billion rupees, according to information. assembled by LSEG. Experts expected GAIL to take advantage of a strong boost in. gas transmission and trading volumes in the middle of total lower domestic. gas prices. GAIL provides about 52% of the gas offered in the. nation and mainly serves the power and fertilizer sectors. The business's profits from the gas marketing sector, which. concentrates on the wholesale trading and circulation of natural gas. and represent the bulk of its general earnings, increased 3.7% to. 287.47 billion rupees. Profits from its gas transmission section, which. holds a 70% market share in the nation, increased 12.1% to. 28.46 bln rupees. The company's income from operations rose by 3.5% to 329.31. billion rupees. GAIL's shares closed 0.1% greater ahead of the outcomes and. are up 21% for the year so far.
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Europe's October LNG imports show rare increase, Asia's dip: Russell
Europe's. imports of liquefied gas increased in October for the very first. month in 10 while those in Asia dropped for the very first time since. June, but not by enough to stop the combined total from. increasing. The increase in Europe's imports and the decline in Asia's is a. turnaround of the recent trend, but the shift in October is not. enough to change the year-to-date image of a soft Europe and a. strong Asia. The October numbers are more likely a sign that European. purchasers benefited from recent steady rates to top up natural. gas stocks ahead of winter season, while the small dip in Asia. was mainly due to leading purchaser China's imports slipping slightly. Arrivals of the super-chilled fuel in Europe were 7.54. million metric lots in October, up from 6.37 million in. September and the most given that May, according to information compiled by. product experts Kpler. However, the October overall was listed below the 9.47 million lots. from the same month in 2023, continuing a pattern of Europe. buying less LNG amid adequate inventories of natural gas ahead of. the northern winter season. Asia's LNG imports were 24.36 million heaps in October, down. from 24.72 million in September and the most affordable given that July,. according to Kpler data. However, Asia's arrivals in October were up 14.6% from the. same month in 2015, continuing the top-importing area's. pattern of purchasing more LNG this year. For the first 10 months of the year Asia's LNG imports were. 239.77 million loads, up 10.3% from the exact same duration in 2023. In contrast, Europe's LNG imports were 81.48 million tons. for the first 10 months of 2024, a drop of 20% from the exact same. period in 2015. Even if Europe's imports do reveal the typical seasonal uptick. for winter season, it is still most likely that they will show a substantial. drop in 2024 from 2023. This can partially be discussed by milder weather condition, but likewise by. a structural shift toward renewables for electrical power generation. and the shuttering of industrial plants that utilized gas as. fuel or feedstock. However the decline in Europe's LNG imports so far this year has. been offset by the boost in Asia. Combining the 2 regions sees overall imports of 321.23. million lots for the first 10 months of this year, up 0.6% from. the same duration in 2023. CHINA TRUCKS Much of the development in Asia's need has been led by China,. the world's biggest LNG importer, which has actually seen arrivals jump. by 13.4% in the very first 10 months of the year to 64.55 million. loads, versus the exact same period in 2023. China has been using more LNG as sales of trucks powered by. the fuel surge, with the 108,862 vehicles sold in the first half. of 2024 being more than double the volume for the very same period. last year, according to data company CVWorld. The shift to LNG trucks in China is partly driven by. aids and tighter emissions requirements, however also due to the fact that the. fuel has to do with 20% less expensive than diesel at current costs. The boost in demand in China, and Asia more broadly, has. served to keep area LNG costs on a gently increasing trend for much. of 2024. After reaching a post-winter low of $8.30 per million. British thermal systems (mmBtu) in late February, Asia's spot LNG. price has moved higher, peaking at $14.10 in mid-August. and moving sideways ever since, ending last week at $13.80. The mostly stable costs reflect that LNG supply is. appropriate to satisfy Asia's increasing demand, with top global exporter. the United States meeting much of the increase. Asia's imports from the United States rose from a 2024 low. of 1.51 million loads in February to a high of 3.43 million in. July, and have stayed high, coming in at 3.22 million in. October and 3.25 million in September. Asia's LNG imports normally peak in December and January as. need increases for winter heating, and if the typical seasonal. pattern is repeated it is likely that volumes will show some. gains over the next few months. But the danger is that the boost is modest, provided projections. for a milder than typical start to winter season, which will result in. lower intake at the start of the heating season. The viewpoints revealed here are those of the author, a writer. .
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Stocks constant, currencies tense as United States votes
Stocks and bond markets were calm on Tuesday and an index of market volatility was controlled as markets waited for early indicators of the result of a knifeedge U.S. election, with only currency markets showing some jitters. Overnight suggested volatility choices for euro/dollar spiked to the highest because November 2016, as did those for the dollar-Mexican peso set, in acknowledgment that the latter might be hard struck by protectionist policies if Republican Donald Trump defeats Democrat candidate Kamala Harris. The VIX index of U.S. stock volatility, referred to as Wall Street's fear gauge, hovered at 22, up from 15 in September but still half the level seen in the previous 2020 election in a. sign that markets stayed reasonably sanguine. Europe's benchmark STOXX index edged down 0.04% while MSCI's. broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan. rose 0.87% higher, as stock markets held their. breath ahead of Wednesday's open. U.S. markets looked set for a similarly stable open, with. S&P futures up 0.21% and NASDAQ futures up 0.37%. Currencies, which unlike shares trade around the clock, saw. more action albeit still offering just spread and. inconsistent indicators of which candidate financiers were. betting on. The dollar, which had reduced as traders made last tweaks to. positions, bought 152.13 yen and altered hands at. $ 1.0879 per euro. They've priced what they believe is price-able which's. that, stated Westpac strategist Imre Speizer, including that a clear. win for Trump would lift the dollar, while a win for Harris. would push it a little lower. Bitcoin added 2.6% to about $68,825, with Trump. viewed by analysts as enacting more beneficial policies for. cryptocurrencies than Harris. Election Day ends an acrimonious project jolted by. assassination attempts on Trump and the withdrawal of President. Joe Biden in favour of Harris, with polls revealing the candidates. essentially tied. Markets are on edge about how Trump's protectionist trade. policies in specific could stir inflation and struck exports in. the world's biggest consumer market, with bonds and the dollar. anticipated to move on the outcome of the election. Ultimately the U.S. election boils down to this - whether. the U.S. electorate wants to choose economic policy. continuity, institutional stability and liberal democracy. ( Harris) or radical trade policy, a more retreat for. globalization and strongman democracy (Trump), J.P. Morgan. analysts said in a note. Simply put, a vote for stability or. modification. BRACED China is seen on the cutting edge of tariff danger and its. currency in particular is trading on tenterhooks with indicated. volatility versus the dollar around record highs. The yuan hovered at 7.1034 per dollar, while. Chinese stock exchange surged to nearly one-month highs as. investors expect a conference of top policymakers in Beijing this. week to authorize city government debt refinancing and costs. China's blue chip CSI300 leapt 2.5% and Hong. Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.4%. The Australian dollar barely reacted after the reserve bank. held rates, as expected, with all eyes on the U.S. election, and. the Aussie was last partially firmer at $0.6614. Treasury markets, which have actually priced in a U.S. rates of interest. cut for Thursday, held their ground in early European trading. with 10-year U.S. yields at 4.31%. Euro zone bond yields edged up, with Germany's 10-year bond. yield climbing up 4 basis points to 2.43%, a little. below last week's three-month high of 2.447%. Oil held sharp overnight gains on delays to manufacturers' plans. for increased output, leaving benchmark Brent crude futures. at $75.29 a barrel after a 3% rise on Monday. When U.S. election results roll in after midnight GMT, the. focus will be on the battleground states of Georgia, North. Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada. A winner might not be known for days and Trump has signified. that he will try to eliminate any defeat, as he did in 2020.
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Grains merchant ADM moves on extra accounting mistakes, annual revenue forecast cut
ArcherDanielsMidland shares fell 7% premarket on Tuesday after the global grains merchant cut its adjusted annual revenue forecast and stated it would amend its previous financial statements after discovering extra accounting abnormalities. The company decreased its 2024 adjusted profits per share forecast to the series of $4.50 to $5, from $5.25 to $6.25 it had approximated previously. In March, ADM remedied six years of financial data after an internal examination discovered some sales between organization units within the business were not recorded correctly. The accounting irregularities have actually stimulated numerous government examinations and resulted in the departure of Chief Financial Officer Vikram Luthar. The restated filings will include some freshly identified mistakes worrying additional intersegment sales for the Ag Solutions and Oilseeds, Carb Solutions and Nutrition segments, the company said late on Monday. ADM does not anticipate any material impact and was working to finish the restatements as soon as fairly practicable. The company will change its 2023 Type 10-K and statements for the very first and second quarter of this year. On the other hand, ADM reported adjusted net income of $1.09 per share for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with the average expert estimate of $1.25, according to information assembled by LSEG.
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Iran oil prices to China at multi-year high after exports fall, sources say
Discounts on Iranian crude oil sold to China are at their tightest in around 5 years as lower exports drive up rates amidst issues that Middle East tensions might interrupt supply, trading sources stated. The discounts are the narrowest considering that Chinese independent refiners, called teapots, stepped in as purchasers in late 2019, filling a vacuum left by the country's state refiners cautious of sanctions renewed on Iran by the United States a year previously. Greater rates or a reduction in Iranian oil flows, which comprise 10% of China's unrefined imports, would depress currently low production at independent plants and more capture their razor-thin margins amidst slow Chinese fuel need. Differentials for Iranian Light crude have actually firmed to a. less-than-$ 4 per barrel discount to international benchmark ICE Brent,. with Iranian Heavy at minus $7, stated 4 sources involved in or. familiar with Iranian oil transactions. Iran's oil ministry did not immediately react to a request. for comment. A deal in the first half of October was priced at minus. $ 3.80 on a provided, ex-ship basis (DES) for November arrival,. stated 2 of individuals, decreasing to be named due to the. sensitivity of the deals. A December-arriving shipment was heard used last week at. minus $3, said among individuals, a Shandong-based trading. manager with an independent plant. There are extremely couple of offers for November or December. shipments as we became aware of filling issues on the Iranian. side, the teapot supervisor stated. The Iranian Light discount held around $5 to $6 previously this. year after tightening from double-digits in late 2023, traders. stated. A different trading executive with a Shandong refiner stated. sellers had risen rates as loadings fell, and likewise as the. rate of Saudi Arabian oil increased in October. Loadings at export terminals consisting of Iran's Kharg Island. hub dropped substantially in October from September, with ship. owners concerned about possible Israeli attacks on Iranian oil. centers, which did not transpire, according to tanker. trackers Kpler and Vortexa. Worries of Israeli retaliation did play a part ... however the. effect was smaller sized than the marketplace was anticipating, stated Muyu Xu,. an analyst at Kpler, which estimated Iran's October exports fell. by 340,000 barrels per day from the previous month. Vortexa analysts stated loadings were mainly impacted in the. first half of October, with volumes visiting a third to 16. million barrels from a normal rate of about 24 million barrels. A sixth source, familiar with Iranian oil export facilities,. said a pipeline leak at a Kharg Island anchorage area also. added to the downturn in loadings. The source did not say. if the leak had been fixed. Teapots are experiencing one of their worst durations given that. beginning to import crude oil in 2016, operating simply above 50%. capability, with some running at losses, traders said. We are hardly earning money overall, losing greatly on. diesel production, said the very first Shandong refinery source. Iranian oil is often rebranded by dealerships as supply from. Malaysia, Oman or in other places to circumvent U.S. sanctions. Beijing consistently protects its oil trade with Iran as legitimate. and adhering with international laws.
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Prince William satisfies President Ramaphosa on South Africa journey
Britain's Prince William visited South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday in Cape Town after taking a nature walk with rangers and conservationists at Table Mountain National Forest. The Prince of Wales is on a four-day trip to South Africa for the yearly awards event of his Earthshot Prize, which will be held on Wednesday. He will likewise participate in an international wildlife summit and hold other climate-focused engagements. Video footage shared by Ramaphosa's workplace showed William and Ramaphosa shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries at the start of their conference. The go to is a sign of the strong ties the United Kingdom, consisting of the Royal Household, share with South Africa, and also another step towards the deepening of these historical ties, South Africa's presidency stated in a declaration. The presidency said South Africa was pleased to host this year's Earthshot Reward awards because it highlights the impact environment modification and ecological deterioration have in Africa. Introduced in 2020, the reward intends to find developments to battle climate and other green issues, and awards five winners 1 million pounds ($1.3 million) each to drive their tasks.
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VEGOILS-Palm ends lower on profit taking ahead of a major conference
Malaysian palm oil futures closed lower on Tuesday after four successive sessions of gains, dragged down by earnings taking ahead of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) conference later today. The benchmark palm oil contract for January delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange lost 86 ringgits, or 1.76%, to 4,805 ringgit ($ 1,107.14) a metric heap on the closing. We are seeing some bout of revenue taking today before the GAPKI conference. General palm's fundamentals look reasonably stable, said Paramalingam Supramaniam, director at Selangor-based brokerage Pelindung Bestari. The Indonesian Palm Oil Conference 2024 and 2025 Price Outlook is set up for Nov. 6-8 in Bali. Dalian's most active soyoil agreement fell 0.74%,. while its palm oil contract decreased 0.76%. Soyoil. prices on the Chicago Board of Trade dropped 0.44%. Palm oil tracks price motions of rival edible oils as it. competes for a share in the worldwide vegetable oils market. Malaysia's palm oil stocks are anticipated to fall in. October, marking their first decrease in three months, due to. lower output and greater exports, a Reuters study showed on. Tuesday. Palm oil stocks are anticipated to drop to 1.92 million metric. heaps, while Unrefined palm oil output is anticipated at 1.76 million. metric tons, according to the study. The ringgit, palm's currency of trade, strengthened. 0.69% versus the U.S. dollar, making the oil more expensive for. purchasers holding foreign currencies. Oil prices traded in a narrow variety on Tuesday ahead of what. is expected to be an extremely close U.S. presidential. election, after rising more than 2% in the previous session as. OPEC+ postponed plans to hike production in December. Weaker petroleum futures make palm a less appealing choice. for biodiesel feedstock. Indonesia raised its crude palm oil referral cost for. November to $961.97 per metric ton from $893.64 in October, a. trade ministry authorities informed Reuters. The new rate will put the. export tax for November at $124 per lot.
India's JSW Steel, POSCO to invest $7.7 billion in Odisha steel plant, sources state
India's JSW Steel and South Korea's POSCO plan to invest 650 billion rupees ($ 7.73 billion). in their proposed plant in India in the coming years, sources. said, part of efforts to capitalise on rising steel need in. the world's fastestgrowing significant economy.
Last week, JSW Steel and POSCO signed. a contract to establish an integrated steel plant with an initial. capability of 5 million metric lots a year. The plant will be in. the eastern state of Odisha, understood for its iron ore reserves.
They did not provide monetary information of the agreement, but. sources knowledgeable about the matter stated they will at first invest. 200 billion rupees in the plant, which one source said need to be. set up by next year.
Total investment will reach $7.73 billion after three years. of operations as the business raise production capacity to 18. million metric tons, the sources added. They did not want to be. called as they were not authorised to talk to the media.
Neither JSW Steel nor POSCO right away responded to. Reuters' e-mails seeking remarks.
Fast financial development and increased infrastructure costs. have actually turned India into an international hotspot for steel demand development,. even as need tapers in Europe and the U.S. India's steel. need touched a seven-year high in the April to August period.
Some of the world's big corporations have actually turned to India to. diversify their supply chains, sustaining a boom in production. and building. As companies established brand-new factories and. storage facilities, India's steel demand has actually surged.
In a further fillip to steel demand, the Indian federal government,. in addition to private business, plans to spend $12 billion. building new airports and broadening existing ones as it looks for. make flight more accessible and affordable.
The sources stated the proposed JSW Steel and POSCO plant. would produce hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanised steel.
A few years earlier, POSCO scrapped plans to construct a $12 billion. steel plant - billed as India's most significant foreign direct. financial investment at the time - due to troubles in obtaining land. for the project.
It operates a cold-rolled, galvanized steel mill in India's. western state of Maharashtra, supplying automotive grades to the. nation's leading car manufacturers.
(source: Reuters)