Miniso Group Holding (MNSO) on Friday reported improved Q3 results over year-ago levels, with adjusted earnings climbing to 2.20 renminbi ($0.31) per diluted American depositary share from 2.04 renminbi and sales increasing to 4.52 billion renminbi from 3.79 billion renminbi. Analysts polled by FactSet, on average, expected adjusted EPS of 2.23 renminbi on sales of 4.56 billion renminbi.

Miniso ADS were climbing more than 7% in US trade, staying within close range of its intraday high. Volume on Friday was lighter than usual in the post-holiday shortened US session, with more than 1.8 million ADS exchanged compared with the daily average of around 3 million shares per day.

German banking regulators removed a monitor who had been assigned to oversee anti-money laundering controls at Deutsche Bank (DB) since 2018, the Welt newspaper reported Thursday, citing unnamed financial sources.

Deutsche Bank shares recently were adding slightly more than 4% while volume was about 900,000 shares compared with the daily average of under 1.8 million.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) said Friday it was selling a 25% stake in HC Consumer Finance Philippines to local affiliate Security Bank for 26.5 billion yen ($176.3 million) in a transaction expected to close during Q1 of 2025.

Mitsubishi UFJ shares recently were 2.8% higher in lighter-than-usual volume on Friday, with around 510,000 shares traded compared with an average of almost 1.9 million shares daily.

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