Caledonia Mining reported second-quarter net profit of $23.8 million, up 16% from a year earlier, helped by higher gold prices. The company said it realised an average gold price of $4,259 an ounce, up 34% year on year. Output at its Blanket mine fell to 17,360 ounces. Caledonia maintained its quarterly dividend at $0.14 per share and said due diligence is well advanced for an additional $300 million of project financing after it raised $150 million for the Bilboes project via a convertible bond.

A weaker yen helped lift Japan’s listed companies’ first-quarter pretax profits by nearly 50% year on year, contributing at least one-third of the increase. Goldman Sachs said 14.5% of companies had raised full-year earnings guidance as of last Thursday, up from 5% a year earlier. Share buybacks have reached about 20 trillion yen so far this year, already 11% above the total for all of 2025.

India’s Titan reported a sharp year-on-year rise in quarterly profit as strong jewellery demand helped lift overall revenue 40% to 207.87 billion rupees. EBIT margin widened to 13.4% from 11.8% as customers bought higher-margin jewellery. Total expenses rose 26% on higher gold prices and advertising costs.

South Korean retail investors are accelerating a shift into U.S. stocks after the KOSPI fell 33% from its June peak and the won strengthened, pushing July buying above the 2025 monthly average. The won rose 8% in July to a nine-month high, and SK Hynix’s $26.5 billion fundraising and partial repatriation also contributed to the move. Some inflows still went to Korea-linked ETFs, but the amounts were far smaller than the money headed into U.S. equities.

Hero MotoCorp reported first-quarter results showing profit up nearly one-third and core earnings higher by a fourth, even as core margin contracted 300 basis points on rising commodity costs. The company said cost-reduction measures helped offset the pressure. Analysts said the results indicate Hero is better positioned than previously feared to navigate raw-material inflation. Goldman Sachs noted the company’s flagship VIDA V2 Pro received approval for production-linked incentives on July 8, which could support higher volumes.

Cheniere Energy reported second-quarter adjusted EBITDA of $1.8 billion, topping expectations amid strong LNG demand. The top U.S. LNG exporter raised its 2026 adjusted EBITDA outlook to $7.9 billion-$8.4 billion. It also said export volumes rose 19.4% year-on-year, and it has received U.S. regulatory approval to increase production capacity in Texas.

News Corp reported fourth-quarter earnings with revenue beating market expectations, driven by growth in its digital real estate business, book publishing and Dow Jones subscription operations. The company is accelerating a shift from traditional print media to a digital-first model. It has also signed AI content licensing agreements with multiple technology companies to tap opportunities tied to the development of artificial intelligence.

eBay forecast third-quarter revenue of $3.07 billion to $3.12 billion, topping market expectations, as higher-value categories and its recommerce business gain traction. The company said its $1.4 billion acquisition of fashion resale platform Depop is helping broaden its reach among younger shoppers. eBay also rejected GameStop’s about $56 billion takeover approach.

Uber forecast weaker third-quarter profit and said it plans to invest more than $10 billion in autonomous vehicles, without giving a detailed timeline. The stock fell about 3% in premarket trading. Second-quarter gross bookings came in at $58.02 billion and topped expectations, while adjusted core earnings also beat forecasts. Operating expenses rose about 10% year over year.