Glencore is flagging a bumper year on asset sales and a trading boom. The read for the tape: asset sales support the balance sheet while trading captures commodity volatility. Earnings quality matters

What happened: Glencore chief executive Gary Nagle told a private event that the company is set for a bumper year, helped by asset sales and a trading boom, as the miner seeks buyers for stakes in DR Congo and Kazakhstan operations. Why it matters: The comments point to asset sales and trading performance as drivers of the company's results while it works to sell minority stakes in its African and Central Asian operations.

Glencore's asset sales and trading boom signal a bumper year.

Glencore's asset sales and trading boom signal a bumper year. — impact context not separately stored; see What changed.