The bank delivered earnings of $0.87 a share, up from $0.75 in the second quarter of 2016 and ahead of the $0.76 expected by analysts.
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Morgan Stanley beats, trading delivers strong results despite 'subdued environment' (MS)
Morgan Stanley beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter earnings, following the trend set by its peers.
Morgan Stanley’s chairman and CEO, James Gorman.
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"Our second-quarter results demonstrated the resilience of our franchise in a subdued trading environment," CEO and chairman James Gorman said in a statement.
Each of the key business lines at the bank posted increased revenue, with revenue more broadly holding remarkably steady.
In particular, the bank posted only a small drop in fixed-income trading revenue, in contrast to sharp declines at Goldman Sachs and elsewhere.
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Morgan Stanley's results follow a generally strong showing from its peers. Each of the big banks beat estimates, with JPMorgan hauling in record earnings from its commercial banking and asset- and wealth-management units. On Tuesday, Bank of America Merrill Lynch bested Wall Street estimates, with record quarters in global banking and wealth management, while Goldman Sachs beat estimates despite a sharp drop in trading revenue.
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