Shares of DHL Group DE0005552004 reacted positively to the logistics group's figures in pre-market trading on Tuesday.

On the Tradegate trading platform, they rose by 1.7 percent to 39.82 euros compared to the Xetra closing price on Monday.

DHL increased its operating profit in the second quarter, while analysts had expected only a stable result. The Bonn-based company also confirmed its annual targets.

Expectations for the logistics group were subdued, but at first glance the quarter turned out better than expected, commented Michael Aspinall of the analysis firm Jefferies in an initial reaction.

Analyst Alex Irving of Bernstein Research particularly praised the company's good cost control, which is countering the headwinds on the volume side./edh/zb

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