Bank of America and Citigroup notched higher revenue and profit as their trading desks benefitted from a sharp rise in market volatility in the first quarter. Read more about the results here and follow our coverage below.

Shares of major U.S. banks surged after Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C) became the latest lenders to report better-than-expected first-quarter earnings on the back of a stock-trading boom. Bank of America shares were up 4.

Wall Street is raking in even more money from trading than it did during the market’s Covid-19 era swings. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley all said a surge in trading revenue helped lift their profits last quarter and beat expectations.