New Delhi, July 15 -- NEW YORK - Goldman Sachs reported second-quarter net income of $6.6 billion on Tuesday, a 78 percent increase year-over-year and the bank's strongest quarterly profit performance since the post-pandemic financial boom, as every major segment of its capital-markets franchise climbed on the back of an AI-driven surge in corporate dealmaking and trading volume.

Revenue for the quarter reached $20.3 billion, up 39 percent from the same period a year earlier. Earnings per share came in at $20.98, nearly doubling from $10.91 in the second quarter of 2025. The results arrived alongside record performances from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, collectively making the second quarter of 2026 the mo...