CNN's ChristineRomans has today's top business headlines before the opening bell on Wall Street
London 1. Shell earnings: Shares in Royal Dutch Shell moved higher in London after the company's first quarter profit topped analyst expectations.
While net income declined slightly from the previous year to $5.4 billion, the energy giant reported strong growth in its trading and natural gas businesses. Crude oil prices zoomed higher in the first three months of 2019, but they were still much lower on average than the same period a year ago. That has weighed on results from rival producers including Exxon Mobil and BP , both of which reported steep profit declines for the first quarter.2.
Thursday — Bank of England policy update; Under Armour and Dunkin' earnings; weekly jobless claims; Caixin China manufacturing PMI
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