On July 7, Shell rose 3.12% in pre-market trading, trading at $80.36/share, with turnover of $492,900.

The move was driven by Shell's Q2 operational update, which revealed that while oil-and-gas production volumes declined due to Persian Gulf hostilities, profit margins expanded significantly. The company guided Q2 integrated gas production at 610,000-650,000 boe/day, below Q1's 909,000 boe/day, reflecting ongoing disruptions to its Qatar operations from the Middle East conflict. However, Shell's trading business delivered outsized profits by capitalizing on oil price volatility, effectively hedging against production shortfalls. Upstream production guidance of 1.75-1.85 million boe/day remained broadly stable quarter-over-quarter.

The results build on Shell's Q1 earnings beat of $2.44 EPS versus the $2.13 consensus, driven by war-related energy price spikes. Shell CEO Wael Sawan previously warned of a nearly 1-billion-barrel global supply shortage due to the Iran conflict, supporting elevated margins. Shell is scheduled to report full Q2 results on July 30.

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