JPMorgan’s 2nd-Quarter Profit Beats Expectations
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Citigroup's profit beat Wall Street estimates, rising 25% in the second quarter as its traders and investment bankers brought in windfalls. Shares jumped 3.3% after the bank announced it would buy back at least $4 billion in stock in the third quarter.
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Stocks and bonds have whipsawed since April, when U.S. President Donald Trump stunned markets by announcing sweeping tariffs against major trading partners. Volatility tends to help Wall Street trading desks as clients rush to adjust their portfolios.
The bank reported a second-quarter profit of $4.02 billion, or $1.96 a share, compared with $3.22 billion, or $1.52 a share, in the year-ago period. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $1.61 per share in earnings.
Citigroup, the third-largest U.S. bank by assets, reported second-quarter net income of $4 billion, up 25% from a year earlier. The bank said higher revenue drove the earnings jump, partially offset by increases in the cost of credit and expenses.
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BNY's assets under custody and administration rose 13% in the quarter ended June 30 to $55.8 trillion from a year earlier. The world's largest custodian bank said the increase reflected higher market values, client inflows and the favorable impact of the weaker U.S. dollar.
FTSE 100 housebuilder Barratt Redrow tumbled on Tuesday, after legacy costs hit profits, and trouble in London saw completions fall short of forecast.
Chinese toymaker Pop Mart International Group Ltd. expects the soaring global popularity of its Labubu plush toys to drive a threefold increase in first-half revenue and an even bigger boost to
India's ICICI Lombard General Insurance reported a nearly 29% higher first-quarter profit on Tuesday, driven by higher premium income in its retail health insurance and motor segments.
Wells Fargo said its profit rose in the second quarter, in which a years-long restriction on growth at the bank was lifted by the Federal Reserve.