KPJ Healthcare reported a 27% year-on-year rise in second-quarter net profit to RM104mil, while revenue increased 17% to RM1,197mil. The group said the performance was supported by a 10% increase in inpatient admissions and a 12% rise in surgeries. It also posted higher revenue per patient as its case mix shifted toward more complex care, lifting its Patami margin to 9%.

Anthropic projects 2028 revenue of $190 billion to $200 billion, far above its current $47 billion run rate. The company’s run rate is about $9 billion at the end of 2025, and it forecasts at least $10.9 billion of revenue in the second quarter of 2026. It is also on track to post its first quarterly operating profit of $559 million.

Brazilian digital lender Nubank reported second-quarter net profit of $1.06 billion, marking its first quarter above $1 billion and beating expectations. The result was up 49% year on year on a foreign-exchange-neutral basis, while early delinquency rates edged down from the prior quarter to 4.8%. The bank said it serves nearly 139 million clients, and its shares rose about 9% in extended trading after the release.

U.S. consumer prices rose 0.1% in July, matching expectations and cooling bets on a Federal Reserve rate increase in September. Money markets now price a 34% chance of a hike, down from 55% a week earlier. Asia-Pacific equities rose broadly, with MSCI’s Asia-Pacific index up 1.08% and South Korea’s Kospi surging 3.78%. U.S. and European equity index futures edged higher, while Brent slipped 0.2% and the U.S. 10-year yield fell to 4.678%.

South Korean retail shareholder platform ACT is seeking to convene an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting at Samsung Electronics to back a 45.5 trillion won ($31.79 billion) share buyback programme and set a cap on executive performance bonuses. To trigger the meeting, ACT plans to gather electronic signatures and line up support from the National Pension Service and domestic and overseas asset managers to meet the 3% ownership threshold. The campaign comes after Samsung shares fell by more than a third from record highs in June despite the artificial intelligence boom, Reuters reported.

Lufthansa lowered its full-year adjusted EBIT forecast to €1.7 billion–€2.2 billion after sharp kerosene price volatility linked to the U.S.-Iran war pushed fuel costs higher. The new range is well below the airline’s earlier guidance for adjusted EBIT to be significantly above last year’s €1.96 billion. Second-quarter EBIT fell 56% year on year to €383 million. The group said its full-year capacity plan remains largely flat, though Q2 capacity was down about 3% due in part to strike days in April.

Hartalega Holdings Bhd reported a net profit of RM70.03mil for its first financial quarter ended June 30, 2026, versus RM12.61mil a year earlier. Revenue rose 10% year-on-year to RM605.75mil. The group attributed the result mainly to higher average selling prices and ongoing cost-optimisation efforts, according to the company. It said it will continue to focus on production efficiency, disciplined cost management and expanding its global sales footprint.

Amazon’s market capitalization surpassed $3 trillion for the first time, with its shares rising 5.5% to a record $286.20 and extending year-to-date gains to more than 23%. The move follows the company posting its strongest AWS cloud growth in more than four years and raising its annual capital spending forecast. Amazon also disclosed a new investment in Anthropic in April, after saying earlier this year it would invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, highlighting AI’s increasing impact on its profit engine.

Shares in Britain’s Games Workshop fell as much as 6.5% after the company warned that volatility in global energy markets linked to the Iran war could lift plastic raw-material costs by about £2 million. It also said U.S. tariffs are expected to add an annualised cost of around £13 million. While the Warhammer maker plans to offset part of the impact through price increases and operational changes, the cost pressures overshadowed its record annual profit.