#EuropeEarnings

SoftBank booked a yearly gain of $46 billion at its Vision Fund driven in large part by the huge rise in value of its investment in OpenAI.

While hardware sales took a hit in Sony's fourth-quarter, strong revenue from its image sensing and music businesses offset the dip.

The multinational conglomerate posted first-quarter adjusted operating income of 960 million euros ($1.19 billion), comfortably beating analyst expectations.

Airbus' first-quarter adjusted operating profit declined by 52% to 300 million euros, down from 624 million euros in the same period last year.