U.S. stock index futures advanced on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and allayed fears around potential rate hikes, with focus moving to a spate of earnings updates through the day.While Fed chair Jerome Powell indicated that stubbornly high inflation would see a long-expected U.S. rate cut pushed back, he refused to entertain talk that rates.
Open FlipGE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) had a terrific first quarter of 2024. Reporting as part of General Electric last week while also reporting breaking out its own results, the industrial airplane engine manufacturer grew its sales 15% year over year, operating profits 24%, and generated free cash flow (FCF) in excess of reported profits.Wall Street was enthusiastic about the results, and on Monday.
Open FlipSharekhan's research report on UltraTech Cement. UltraTech Cement (UltraTech) reported strong standalone operational performance beat for Q4FY2024 driven by higher volumes and lower opex/tonne. Standalone revenues were up 9.4% y-o-y at Rs. 19,805.9 crore, led by 11% y-o-y growth in cement volumes while blended realisations were lower 2% y-o-y.
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