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Morgan Stanley has increased by 26 percent on the first trimester profit driven by its equity trading business, which benefited from the unstable financial market in the first months of the Trump administration.
Morgan Stanley said Friday that it made $ 4.3 billion dollars net income in three months in the end of March, over a quarter than the same period last year and analysts defeated $ 3.7bn more than $ 3.7bn.
Chief Executive Ted Pick said, “These results show the continuation of our clear technique to carry out sustainable growth throughout our global footprint.”
The powerful performance was driven by the bank’s equity trading business, which during this period posted a 46 percent increase in earnings at $ 4.1BN. Fixed income trading arm has reported 4 percent of revenue to $ 2.6bn.
Its resources management business net new resources came to $ 94 billion for quarter, a little lower than the same period last year, but ease beat analysts’ expectations.
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