HSBC put this down to "a net favourable movement in significant items", which means they cut costs, including selling off parts of the business in Brazil and Turkey, to boost profits in the quarter.
These developments helped to enlarge the volume of trade, encouraging more trading by merchants who dealt in the physical commodity and also the entry of speculators, who were interested not in the commodity itself but in the favourable movement of its price in order to make profits.
The impact of these factors on our first half results was offset in part by favourable movements in Dollar and Euro exchange rates against Sterling.
Improved trading at ABF's sugar business and more favourable currency movements also contributed to a statement that the company said would increase confidence in its prospects.
Mr Walsh said the additional 263 million euro (£229 million) cost of fuel would have been even higher without hedging and favourable currency movements.
The budget airlline raised its full year profit forecast from £545m-£570m to £575m-£580m, as it benefited from a strong summer travel period, lower fuel costs, favourable currency movements and a strike at Air France, which added around £5m to revenues.
However when favourable currency movements are factored in full-year revenues at Universal grew by 2% with the company saying that a combination of digital sales, currency and merchandising "more than offset" declining physical product sales and "slightly lower" music publishing activity.
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By delaying the allocation of trades, traders who managed funds on a side-by-side basis could assess a trade's performance during the course of the day and, when it was recorded, allocate trades that benefited from favourable intraday price movements to one fund and those that did not to other funds, the FCA said.
Burberry had expected a £50m boost from favourable foreign exchange movements, but yesterday the label warned that boost would now be just £10m, as a result of currency movements including a rise in value of the pound against Hong Kong and US dollars.
