-- China Merchants Energy Shipping's (SHA:601872) net profit attributable to shareholders in the first quarter soared 219% to nearly 2.76 billion yuan from 865.4 million yuan a year earlier, according to a Saturday filing on the Shanghai bourse.
Earnings per share surged 209% year on year to 0.34 yuan from 0.11 yuan.
Operating revenue jumped 53% to 8.56 billion yuan from 8.60 billion yuan in the previous year.
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Compass Therapeutics (CMPX) reported that its experimental drug tovecimig did not meet the overall survival secondary endpoint in a phase 2/3 study in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer, the company said Monday.Shares of the company fell more than 63% in recent pre-bell activity Monday.The company said that tovecimig plus paclitaxel did not show a statistically significant overall survival benefit versus chemotherapy alone, largely due to high crossover from the control arm and prolonged survival after switching to the drug.However, the study met other key endpoints, including statistically significant improvements in progression-free survival and overall response rate versus paclitaxel alone.Compass Therapeutics plans to meet with the US Food and Drug Administration to discuss the results ahead of a planned biologics license application submission, it added.Price: $1.91, Change: $-3.11, Percent Change: -63.35%
Gold prices eased early on Monday, remaining rangebound even as the dollar fell ahead of the Wednesday interest-rate announcement from the Federal Reserve.Gold for June delivery was last seen down US$26.50 to US$4,714.40 per ounce, remaining within the US$200 range it has been stuck in since the start of the war on Iran, as high oil prices raise concerns over higher inflation and threaten to boost interest rates.The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will make its latest interest-rate decision at the Wednesday afternoon end to its two-day meeting. The CME FedWatch Tool sees a 100% probability the group will leave rates unchanged."Gold remains stuck in neutral within a broad USD 200 range around USD 4,750, with most intraday price action dictated by energy prices and the ebb and flow of headlines from the White House and the Middle East. The FOMC is widely expected to leave rates unchanged on Wednesday," Saxo Bank noted.The dollar was lower early, with the ICE dollar index last seen down 0.28 points to 98.26. Treasury yields rose, with the yield on the two-year note up 1.0 basis points to 3.801%, while the 10-year note was paying 4.321%, up 1.3 points.