Both its A and B shares showed gains north of 7% in the hours after its second quarter profit of$1.08bn cruised past market expectations of $846m.
Analysts at DNB Markets say three of Maersk’s four core divisions, Maersk Line, Maersk Drilling and Maersk Oil, produced better than forecast figures.
Maersk Line recorded an adjusted profit of $1.099bn for the quarter, ahead of the $797m consensus, Nicolay Dyvik, Oyvind Berle and Petter Haugen said.
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