-- 加拿大皇家银行资本市场（RBC Capital Markets）周日发布的一份报告称，百胜餐饮集团（YUM）预计第一季度将公布“争议相对较少”的业绩。 报告指出，塔可钟（Taco Bell）在美国的业务表现可能继续优于整个快餐行业，买方对同店销售额的预期至少比卖方4.9%的预期高出几百个基点。 报告称，肯德基国际（KFC International）财报电话会议的重点将是中东冲突导致的燃油价格上涨对国际需求的影响。 加拿大皇家银行表示，由于必胜客（Pizza Hut）的竞购流程可能仍在进行中，预计不会有关于必胜客战略评估的“实质性”更新。 加拿大皇家银行维持对百胜餐饮集团股票的“与行业持平”评级，目标价为165美元。 第一季度业绩将于4月29日公布。
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Hunan Gold (SHE:002155) posted first-quarter attributable net profit of 595.5 million yuan, up 79% from 332.3 million yuan the previous year.Earnings per share went up to 0.38 yuan from 0.21 yuan, according to a weekend filing with the Shenzhen bourse.Operating revenue climbed 44% year over year to 18.8 billion yuan from 13.1 billion yuan.Shares of the miner declined 2% in recent trade.
Singapore's manufacturing output jumped 10.1% in March, backed by strong growth across almost all clusters, the city-state's Department of Statistics reported Monday.Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output rose 13.5% year-on-year in March.Electronics output grew 30%, driven by robust AI-related demand, the data showed. Precision engineering gained 14.0%, while general manufacturing and transport engineering expanded 7.6% and 2.0%, respectively.Meanwhile, biomedical manufacturing fell 14.3%, mainly due to softer demand for medical devices, while chemicals dropped 16.0%.On a month-on-month basis, manufacturing output increased 4.7% in March. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output was up 3.5% on a monthly basis.
G8 Education (ASX:GEM) said Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) became a substantial holder on April 22 after acquiring 39.2 million securities of the firm, according to a Monday Australian bourse filing.Macquarie's voting power in the firm is now 5.08%.Its shares were up over 1% in recent trading on Monday.