Earnings Report

Energy giant Shell says its fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled as oil prices surged and the company benefited from prior cost cutting.

United Parcel Service Inc on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter net profit that was hurt by additional costs from surging shipping volumes during the peak holiday period.

Time Warner Inc. reported a 9 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Thursday

Blackstone Group LP , the world's largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, said on Thursday that its fourth-quarter economic net income rose 5 percent year-on-year to $850 million.

Italian sports car maker Ferrari says profits last year rose 34 percent, driven by a surge in V12 sales and vehicle personalization.

Hershey Co on Thursday reported quarterly revenue that missed analysts' estimates.

CME Group Inc, the world's largest futures exchange, said on Thursday its fourth-quarter profit surged.

China's biggest e-commerce company beat analysts' expectations as the firm shrugged off any concerns about a market slowdown.

Health insurer Cigna reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by higher enrollment and it forecast 2018 earnings above Wall Street estimates.

German automaker Daimler AG says its net profit rose 24 percent to a record 10.9 billion euros ($13.5 billion) last year, helped by strong sales of its Mercedes-Benz SUVs and new E-Class luxury sedan.

Chemicals producer DowDuPont reported a 14 percent rise in net sales for the fourth quarter as a strong global economy led to robust demand and higher prices for its products.

Nokia has reported better than expected fourth quarter earnings as a result of a one-off license fee from China's Huawei, but said short-term outlook for its core network business remained bleak despite an upward trend in North American sales.

Nokia reported better-than-expected quarterly profits on Thursday as a one-off patent payment from China's biggest smartphone maker offset weak global sales of its mainstay network equipment.

Royal Dutch Shell profit more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2017 to $4.3 billion, slightly ahead of forecasts.

Boeing Co. is reporting a fourth-quarter profit of $3.13 billion.

EBay posted a loss for the key holiday quarter on Wednesday as it booked a $3.1 billion charge from the recent changes in U.S. tax laws.

PayPal's platform saw high mobile phone usage during the holiday season, helping total payments volume rise 32 percent.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement that 2017 was "a strong year for Facebook, but it was also a hard one."

The chip maker entered into an expanded deal with one of its biggest customers and beat revenue estimates in its latest quarter even as it swung to a deep loss.

Microsoft posted big fiscal second-quarter gains in its cloud-computing business, continuing to carve out a spot for itself as the No. 2 company behind Amazon.