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2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.

Mashreq Q1 profit rises

Total revenue increased 10% year-on-year.

TECOM profit climbs

High occupancy across assets boosts earnings.

Emirates Stallions Q1 revenue up 11%

The rise helped by strong demand in real estate

ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

The company had reported EBITDA of $1.17 bn in 2025.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

Aldar ups stake in Aldar Estates

Acquires Modon Holding’s 17.45% stake
  • Aldar Estates has become the region’s largest integrated real estate services company with over AED3 billion worth of active contracts.
  • The platform manages more than 155,000 residential units, which is a 15 percent increase in the past two years.

Oracle shares up 35%

Huge AI contracts lead to the surge.
  • About 40 minutes into trading, shares were at $337.02, up nearly 40 percent, lifting the company's market valuation to around $950 billion.
  • The surge will significantly boost the wealth of Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison, who could potentially surpass Elon Musk as the world's richest person.

ADCB to raise $1.66bn

The rights issue aimed at boosting growth.
  • The rights issue will increase ADCB's issued capital from AED 7.32 billion to AED 7.91 billion by issuing up to 592.2 million new shares.
  • The new shares will be priced at AED 10.3 each, a 30% discount to ADCB’s closing share price on September 4, 2025.

EGA H1 revenue $4.11bn

Net profit before GAC $445 million.
  • The company's primary hot metal production remained steady at 1.34 million tons.
  • EGA sold 1.37 million tons of cast metal to over 400 customers in more than 50 countries, up from 1.31 million tons in H1 2024.

Borouge to pay $660m H1 dividend

Its net profit for H1 was $474 million.
  • The company also reaffirmed its intention to pay a total dividend of 16.2 fils per share for 2025.
  • Since its June 2022 IPO, Borouge shareholders have approved $4.24 billion in dividends.

TAQA secures $2.31bn loan

It will be utilized in a phased manner.
  • The two-year tenor also aligns well with TAQA’s maturity profile, as the Group has no corporate debt maturities scheduled in 2027.
  • This facility complements TAQA’s existing corporate funding framework, which includes a US$20 billion Global Medium Term Note (GMTN) program.

Aramco signs $11bn deal

The deal involves its Jafurah gas facilities.
  • Jafurah is the largest non-associated gas development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, estimated to contain 229 trillion standard cubic feet of raw gas.
  • It is a key component in Aramco’s plans to increase gas production capacity by 60 percent between 2021 and 2030.

TAQA H1 net income $1bn

The group's revenue reached $7.73 billion.
  • This growth was led by higher pass-through costs in the Transmission & Distribution (T&D) segment.
  • The group reduced its gross debt position to AED61.7 billion, enabled by scheduled repayments and the maturity of a corporate bond.

ADNOC L&S H1 net profit $420m

The company’s revenue reached $2.43bn
  • ADNOC L&S’s Q2 revenue increased by 40 percent year-on-year (YoY) to US$1.258 billion (AED 4.618 billion)
  • In H1 2025, the company’s revenue was $2.439 billion (AED 8.9 billion), a 40 percent YoY increase.

SEC H1 net profit $1.67bn

Revenue grew by 24% to $7.38 billion.
  • Revenue for Q2 grew by 24 percent to reach SAR 27.7 billion ($7.38 billion), while gross profit rose by 42 percent to SAR 7.4 billion.
  • Operating profit increased by 21 percent to SAR 6.8 billion, and net profit reached SAR 5.3 billion-marking a 22 percent year-on-year increase.

TECOM profit climbs

High occupancy across assets boosts earnings.

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Emirates NBD 2025 profit $8.5bn

Total income rises by 12 percent, operating profit up 13%.

BYD logs record EV sales in 2025

It sold 2.26m EVs vs Tesla's 1.22 by Sept end.

Google to invest $6.4bn

The investment is its biggest-ever in Germany.
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Ozempic maker lowers outlook

The company posted tepid Q3 results.
  • It marked the latest bad news for the pharmaceutical giant, which has recently changed its CEO, announced plans to lay off 9,000 employees and replaced more than half of its board.
  • The group now expects full-year sales in 2025 to grow by eight to 11 percent, versus the eight to 14 percent range it had expected previously, the company said.

Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue

The deal is valued at $48.7 billion.
  • Kenvue's Tylenol painkiller has faced Trump administration allegations of links to increased autism risks.
  • Texas-based Kimberly-Clark makes a wide range of paper and cloth products, with brands such as Huggies, Kleenex and Kotex.

BYD Q3 profit down 33%

This was a 33% year-on-year decrease.
  • The Shenzhen-based firm recorded revenue of 195 billion yuan over the same period, a slight decrease of 3 percent year-on-year.
  • China's EV industry is world-leading but a cutthroat domestic market has weighed on companies' profitability.