Bloomberg SAP SE’s sales topped analysts’ estimates for the fourth straight quarter, as business software spending grew, though the costs of transitioning to a web-delivered model weighed on profitability. First-quarter revenue rose 12 percent to 5.29 billion euros ($5.7 billion), SAP reported, compared with the 5.16 billion-euro estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Operating profit, excluding share-based compensation, amortization …

  DUBAI / Reuters Most Gulf stock markets rose on Monday, with shares in healthcare and education investment company Amanat Holdings accounting for more than 40 percent of Dubai’s market volume with a 4.5 percent rise. The Dubai index rose 0.8 percent with Amanat, the most active stock, seeing its heaviest trade since November. The low-priced stock, which is sometimes …

  Bloomberg Stocks and US futures climbed, while the yen slipped as a tentative deal by the US Congress to avert a government shutdown offset weaker economic data from China. US stocks looked set to add to their best week since February, as earnings season rolls along. Data on Monday indicated consumer spending stalled in March, adding to signs of …