Shares of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. jumped more than 1 percent in pre-market trading after the bank reported third-quarter results that handily beat market expectations. Goldman said it had third-quarter net revenue of $8.3 billion, or per-share earnings of $5.02, up from $8.2 billion and $4.88, in the year-ago quarter. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast revenues of $7.5 billion and EPS of $4.17. Investment banking revenue was 17% higher than in the third quarter of 2016, the bank said. But revenues from trading of fixed income, currencies and commodities sank 26% for the year. For the year to date, the stock has gained only 1.2%, compared to a 16% increase for the Dow Jones Industrial Average , and 15.8% for rival Morgan Stanley .
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