Earnings

Shell beats expectations with $9.6 billion in first-quarter profit, boosted by fuel trading

Shell reported adjusted earnings of $39.9 billion for the full-year 2022. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — British oil giant Shell on Thursday posted stronger-than-anticipated first-quarter profit, extending a record run of bumper results after commodity prices surged in 2022 following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Shell reported adjusted earnings of $9.6…