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Brazil's Nubank posts 37% increase in first-quarter adjusted net profit

Nu Holdings, the listed entity which runs Brazilian digital lender Nubank, posted on Tuesday a 37% increase in its adjusted net profit from a year earlier, slightly missing analysts' estimates. Nubank reported a $606.5 million adjusted net profit for the quarter ended in March, while analysts in an LSEG poll had expected a $630.5 million profit. Chief Financial Officer Guilherme Lago told Reuters that the profit increase was mainly due to greater profitability in its main market Brazil, with a larger personal loan portfolio and greater earnings leverage.

Nvidia CEO Compensation Jumps to $50 Million After Stock Surge

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Brazil meatpacker JBS sees slim trade war impact as Q1 earnings top forecasts

JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, reported a nearly 78% annual increase in net profit driven by its poultry and pork businesses in Brazil and the U.S., and said on Tuesday the global trade war has so far had little impact on its business. Its net profit rose to 2.92 billion reais ($521 million) in the first quarter from 1.64 billion reais a year earlier. In a financial statement, JBS said earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, a measure of operating income known as EBITDA, came in at 8.92 billion reais, above the 8.77 billion reais forecast by analysts.

Trading Day: No 'trade truce' hangover, party continues

Stocks, oil and bond yields rose on Tuesday, lifted by the optimism surging through markets that the worst of the global trade crisis is past and that the growth outlook is much brighter than it looked only a few days ago. In my column today I look at the market and economic chaos sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariff announcement and ask: was it worth it? Trading Day is also sent by email every weekday morning.