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Financial services firm State Street Corp. (STT) reported this morning that its fourth-quarter profit fell 84% to $81 million, or 16 cents per share, from its year-ago earnings of $498 million, or $1 per share. However, ex-items earnings arrived at 87 cents per share, up from 71 cents on a year-over-year basis. Revenue for the period slipped 10% to $2.04 billion, but rose 9.6% to $2.28 billion on an operating basis.
The adjusted results surpassed analysts’ expectations, which called for a profit of 86 cents per share on revenue of $2.14 billion. However, traders seem less than pleased by STT’s quarterly results. The stock gapped lower with the sound of Wednesday’s opening bell, falling to a loss of about 4% in early trading.
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