Goldman Sachs's net profit for the quarter surged nearly 80% year on year to reach 6.6 billion US dollars, setting the bank's best quarterly performance in five years. The increase in revenue from the investment banking business combined with the stock trading business reached a record high, which together boosted the company's net profit. Previously, analysts had agreed to expect net profit of only 4.7 billion US dollars. Investment banking business revenue increased by more than 50% year-on-year, reaching 3.4 billion US dollars, and the performance was superior to institutional expectations; however, the most prominent sector in this financial report was still the stock trading business. Goldman Sachs's stock trading segment's revenue reached 7.4 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 72%, which was 2.4 billion US dollars higher than analysts' estimates. It set a new historical record for the company's stock trading revenue in a single quarter and surpassed the previous high value set in the previous quarter.

Zhitongcaijing · 3d ago
Goldman Sachs's net profit for the quarter surged nearly 80% year on year to reach 6.6 billion US dollars, setting the bank's best quarterly performance in five years. The increase in revenue from the investment banking business combined with the stock trading business reached a record high, which together boosted the company's net profit. Previously, analysts had agreed to expect net profit of only 4.7 billion US dollars. Investment banking business revenue increased by more than 50% year-on-year, reaching 3.4 billion US dollars, and the performance was superior to institutional expectations; however, the most prominent sector in this financial report was still the stock trading business. Goldman Sachs's stock trading segment's revenue reached 7.4 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 72%, which was 2.4 billion US dollars higher than analysts' estimates. It set a new historical record for the company's stock trading revenue in a single quarter and surpassed the previous high value set in the previous quarter.