{"id":5499,"date":"2026-05-04T18:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=5499"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:04:31","slug":"hsbc-and-shell-to-update-on-exposure-to-iran-war-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=5499","title":{"rendered":"HSBC and Shell to update on exposure to Iran war \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <\/p>\n<p>Shell\u2019s earnings forecasts have jumped<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Investors will be alert to commentary on how the Iran war has impacted wealthy investors in the  Middle East where HSBC has a 31% stake in Saudi Awwal Bank, say AJ Bell analysts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Expectations are high with the shares up by a quarter over the last six months. With share buybacks on pause while capital buffers are rebuilt, investors will be looking for confirmation that the expected recovery in tier-one capital is on track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Earnings forecasts for Shell have jumped nearly 50% since the start of the war in Iran, in line with the rise in oil prices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Despite flagging lower gas production following damage to its Qatar LNG facility, Shell noted its oil trading results were \u2018significantly higher\u2019 than the prior quarter, reflecting Shell\u2019s integrated business model.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Investors will be looking for a strategic update following the company\u2019s recent $16 billion acquisition of Canada\u2019s gas producer ARC Resources.<\/p>\n<p>DIARY<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday 5 May<\/p>\n<p>First-quarter results from\u00a0HSBC<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 6 May<\/p>\n<p>First-quarter results from\u00a0Flutter Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>UK Composite PMI<\/p>\n<p>European Producer Prices<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 7 May<\/p>\n<p>First-quarter results from\u00a0Shell<\/p>\n<p>Friday 8 May<\/p>\n<p>First-quarter results from\u00a0IAG<\/p>\n<p>Halifax House Price index<\/p>\n<p>US Non-Farm Payrolls<\/p>\n<p>           \t            #HSBC #Shell #update #exposure #Iran #war #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shell\u2019s earnings forecasts have jumped Investors will be alert to commentary on how the Iran&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[272,306,3339,3874,376,3430,4013,684],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}