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(Reuters) -UnitedHealth Group Inc on Thursday raised its profit forecast for the year after reporting a quarterly profit that beat analysts' estimates, helped by growth at its Optum healthcare services unit.

LONDON (Reuters) -Europe's single currency and government bond yields across the region fell on Thursday after the European Central Bank signalled a steady reduction of stimulus over the coming months but refrained from switching to a more hawkish stance.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank kept its policy stance broadly unchanged on Thursday, sticking to plans to slowly unwind extraordinary stimulus as worries over record-high inflation trump concerns about a war-related recession.

(Reuters) -Wells Fargo & Co's first-quarter profit dropped 21% but beat Wall Street expectations on Thursday as top boss Charlie Scharf plans to keep a tight rein on costs cushioned a drop in mortgage lending.

UnitedHealth Group Inc on Thursday reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings, helped by a jump in revenue at its Optum healthcare services unit, prompting the company to raise its profit forecast for the year.

Wells Fargo & Co reported a nearly 21% drop in first-quarter profit on Thursday, as rising inflation and interest rates, as well as worries over the economic impact of the Ukraine war dented its core businesses.

U.S. stock index futures ticked higher on Thursday, ahead of first-quarter earnings from a slew of Wall Street lenders on the last day of a holiday-shortened week, while Twitter shares jumped after Elon Musk's takeover offer.

UnitedHealth Group Inc raised its full-year adjusted profit forecast following strength at its Optum healthcare services unit that led to an uptick in its quarterly profit.

Boosting enforcement of antidiscrimination and antitrust laws, raising the federal mininum wage and higher unionization rates could substantially boost U.S. economic growth, a new report by President Joe Biden's top economic advisers concludes.