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German luxury automaker BMW Group reported Friday lower profit and revenues in its fourth quarter hit mainly by weak Automotive deliveries, despite growth in Rolls-Royce. The company also trimmed its dividend, and issued fiscal 2025 outlook, expecting stable Group earnings before taxes, but slight growth in sales volume amid continuing subdued demand in the Chinese market.

Shares of BMW Group were losing around 5 percent in the morning trade on Germany's XETRA after the luxury auto major reported Wednesday sharply lower profit and revenues in its third quarter with weak volume in all regions, mainly in China. Further, BMW Group confirmed its recently adjusted fiscal 2024 guidance. According to the firm, delivery stops related to the supplied Integrated Brake System

Shares of BMW Group were losing around 2 percent in the German trading after the automajor reported Thursday weak profit, revenues and deliveries in its second quarter. Looking ahead for fiscal 2024, the company continues to expect Group profit before tax to decrease slightly due to higher manufacturing and fixed costs.

German automajor BMW Group reported Thursday higher profit in its fourth quarter as strong demand boosted its revenues. Meanwhile, net earnings in fiscal 2023 were lower, and the firm trimmed its dividend. For fiscal 2024, the company projects slight decrease in earnings before tax for the Group, and an Automotive EBIT margin of 8-10 percent, compared to prior year's 9.8 percent.

German luxury carmaker BMW AG reported Thursday higher profit and sales in its third quarter benefited by strong pricing, despite weak margin and slight drop in Automotive deliveries. Looking ahead, the company maintained fiscal 2022 forecast for significantly higher earnings, and slightly lower sales with weak deliveries. In Germany, BMW shares were losing around 4 percent in the morning trading.

The Singapore stock market has finished lower in seven straight sessions, slumping more than 55 points or 1.3 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 4,300-point plateau although it may find traction on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets continued to be mildly positive on optimism over the outlook for interest rates. The European markets were mixed and the U.S. bourses were up and the Asian markets figure to split the difference. The STI finished slightly lower again on Monday following losses from the financial shares and mixed performances from the property stocks and industrial issues. For the day, the index dipped 5.34 points or 0.12 percent to finish at 4,297.37 after trading between 4,291.99 and 4,315.70. Among the actives, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust shed 0.44 percent, while CapitaLand Investment tumbled 1.11 percent, City Developments jumped 1.19 percent, Comfort DelGro sank 0.67 percent, DBS Group lost 0.34 percent, DFI Retail Group and Venture Corporation both rallied 1.58 percent, Genting Singapore advanced 0.66 percent, Hongkong Land plunged 3.42 percent, Keppel Ltd improved 0.57 percent, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation was down 0.12 percent, Seatrium Limited tanked 1.68 percent, SembCorp Industries fell 0.33 percent, Singapore Technologies Engineering increased 0.47 percent, SingTel stumbled 1.59 percent, Thai Beverage climbed 1.09 percent, United Overseas Bank eased 0.06 percent, UOL Group slipped 0.13 percent, Yangzijiang Financial surged 1.67 percent, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding dropped 0.91 percent and Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust, Mapletree Industrial Trust, Mapletree Logistics Trust, CapitaLand Ascendas REIT, Keppel DC REIT, Wilmar International, SATS and Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust were unchanged. The lead from Wall Street is mildly positive as the major averages opened in the red on Monday but quickly bounced higher and continued to trend that way throughout the session, ending near daily highs.

Producer prices in South Korea were down a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent on month in August, the Bank of Korea said on Tuesday - after rising 0.4 percent in July.

The manufacturing sector in Australia continued to expand in September, albeit at a slower pace, the latest survey from S&P Global revealed on Tuesday with a manufacturing PMI score of 51.6.