Uniqlo owner’s shares slump after Q1 net profit falls 9.1%
Fast Retailing Co. shares 9983, -7.95% fell sharply Friday morning after its first-quarter net profit dropped 9.1% from a year earlier due to higher costs and weaker sales in China. The shares were recently 6.9% lower at 74,340 yen after falling as much as 7.1% earlier. The owner of Uniqlo said that net profit for […]
JD Sports Fashion sees 2023 profit at the higher end of expectations after stronger Christmas sales
JD Sports Fashion PLC said Wednesday that it expects to report fiscal 2023 adjusted pretax profit toward the top end of market expectations after it booked a strong performance during the Christmas period. The sports-and-fashion retailer JD, +6.42% said that for the fiscal year ending Jan. 28 it expects to report adjusted pretax profit in […]
Powell’s in Sweden. Rates Will Likely Go Higher Still Despite Companies’ Pain.
Investors looking at Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at a conference at Sweden’s Riksbank Tuesday will be tempted to carefully parse his words for any hint as to when the interest-rate increases will stop. There will probably be less nuance to his remarks than first appears. Powell will certainly utter a few on-the-one-hand, and […]