a loss for the first five years. shares in german engineering conglomerate siemens have jumped after the group reported steady profits in the second quarter the results follow its announcement that will it will spin off its power and gas unit the former core of division has come under increasing pressure in recent years as many countries move toward a new opel energy like wind and solar power the gas and power unit is the company's beast lucrative siemens funds to focus on the digital industries and smart infrastructure as well as its health and mobility units. and that's it for me and the business team and berlin for more business news and features you can always visit d.w. dot com slash business thanks for watching. fifteen