U.S. stocks haven't had a week this strong for months. The S&P 500 and Dow are up 2.9% and 2.7%, respectively, through Thursday—putting both on track for their largest weekly gains since the week ending April 17.
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<body><p>STORY: From BP making huge profits to Toyota's raised forecast... This is the Week in Numbers. </p><p>:: Week in Numbers </p><p>:: $5.73 billion</p><p>$5.73 billion was how high BP's second-quarter profit reached.</p><p>The British energy major cited higher energy prices, trading and refining margins.</p><p>Oil giants have scored big this year from market volatility caused by the U.S.-Iran war.</p><p>BP rival Shell also reported a doubling of second-quarter profit a week before.</p><p>:: 12%</p><p>About 12% was how much SpaceX shares dropped by after its first-ever earnings call as a public company.</p><p>Investors were worried about heavy AI spending on data centers and Nvidia chips.</p><p>Quarterly capital spending on AI reached $15.8 billion.</p><p>Elon Musk's rocket company said the economics of the investments were improving, but suggested AI investments would stay elevated.</p><p>:: $497 million</p><p>$497 million was the sales figure for Novo Nordisk's Wegovy pill.</p><p>That disappointed investors as it just missed expectations.</p><p>Shares dropped despite the Danish drugmaker raising its full-year profit and sales outlook.</p><p>Novo is battling to regain ground from U.S. rival Eli Lilly in the obesity drug market.</p><p>:: 10%</p><p>More than 10% is how far Lufthansa shares fell during the week.</p><p>Investors sold off after the German airline cut its profit outlook.</p><p>It further warned earnings could fall this year after the Iran war drove up fuel costs.</p><p>The warning showed the pressure European airlines face due to higher jet fuel costs.</p><p>:: $6.3 billion</p><p>$6.3 billion was the size of the share buyback announced by Toyota.</p><p>The world's biggest automaker also raised its annual operating profit forecast by 13%.</p><p>But Toyota also reported a 9% slide in first-quarter profit - its fifth straight quarter of declines.</p><p>It was hit by falling sales in China while the Iran war also raised costs for raw materials and parts.</p></body>
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