-- Japan's unemployment rate inched up to 2.7% in March compared with the previous month's 2.6%, according to government data released on Tuesday.
The data showed that the number of employed decreased slightly to a seasonally adjusted 68.15 million from 68.27 million in February, while the number of jobless people increased to 1.86 million from 1.85 million the prior month.
Cambricon Technologies (SHA:688256) reported a 185% jump in attributable net profit in the first quarter of 2026 to 1.01 billion yuan from 355.5 million yuan.Earnings per share nearly tripled to 2.38 yuan from 0.85 yuan, according to a Shanghai Stock Exchange filing on Thursday.The Chinese semiconductor company's revenue surged 160% to 2.88 billion yuan from 1.11 billion yuan a year prior, which it attributed to the continued surge in computing power demand from the artificial intelligence industry.
(Updates to add stock movement in the last paragraph)ANZ Group Holdings (ASX:ANZ, NZE:ANZ) reported Friday fiscal first-half cash earnings of AU$1.242 per share, up from AU$1.17 a year earlier.Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of AU$1.23.Operating income for the six months ended March 31 was AU$11.2 billion, compared with about AU$11 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected AU$11.39 billion.The board declared an interim dividend of AU$0.83 per share, unchanged from the prior corresponding period, payable July 1 to shareholders on record as of May 12.The company's shares on the Australian and New Zealand bourses fell around 1% and 2%, respectively, in recent Friday trade.
Larvotto Resources' (ASX:LRV) shares rose 1% in recent trading on Friday after it said late on Thursday that plant refurbishment works at the Hillgrove antimony-gold project in New South Wales were advancing on schedule and on budget, with commissioning expected in the middle of the year.Equipment from the processing plant, including tanks, pumps, and hydraulic drives, was removed, disassembled, and dispatched for refurbishment to various service providers. Primary and secondary crusher refurbishment is nearing completion.Induced polarization surveys were completed at the project, with results used to generate new drill targets.