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LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Friday on worries about demand growth in 2025, especially in top crude importer China, putting global oil benchmarks on track to end the week down more than 3%. Chinese state-owned refiner Sinopec said in its annual energy outlook released on Thursday that China's crude imports could peak as soon as 2025 and the country's oil consumption would peak by 2027 as diesel and gasoline demand weaken. "Benchmark crude prices are in a prolonged consolidation phase as the market heads towards the year-end weighed by uncertainty in oil demand growth," said Emril Jamil, senior research specialist at LSEG.

Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WGO) shares are trading lower in the premarket session on Friday. The company reported first-quarter adjusted loss per share of 3 cents, missing the analyst consensus estimate for EPS of 20 cents. Quarterly sales were $625.60 million (down 18%), which was missing the analyst consensus estimate of $672.232 million. Revenues fell amid lower unit volume and a reduced average selling price per unit related to product mix. Gross profit was $76.8 million, a decrease of

On Thursday, the FDA granted full approval to Humacyte, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:HUMA) Symvess (acellular tissue-engineered vessel-tyod) use in adults as a vascular conduit for extremity arterial injury when urgent revascularization is needed to avoid imminent limb loss and when autologous vein graft is not feasible. Symvess, or the ATEV, is a first-in-class bioengineered human tissue designed to be a universally implantable vascular conduit for arterial replacement and repair. Also Read: Delay Hits Humac

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On Friday, China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), decided to maintain its main benchmark lending rates amid efforts to support economic growth while managing a weakening yuan. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) remains at 3.1%, while the five-year LPR is steady at 3.6%, influencing corporate loans, household lending, and mortgages. This decision aligned with expectations from a Reuters poll of 27 economists, CNBC reports. Also Read: Amazon’s Project Kuiper In Talks With Taiwan

Slight upward revision to forecast comes in spite of mixed picture in regional markets.

The council expressed concerns about firms’ capacity to deliver high-quality audits, particularly as audit fees rise.