Shares of banks and other financial institutions rose as traders bet a deal boom would continue.

Calmer markets and declining interest rates are set to extend a wave of deals that has recently included mergers-and-acquisition activity in the gold-mining and banking sectors.

Shares of banks with large investment banking operations, including Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley, rose. Bank of America is urging young bankers to accurately report the hours they work after an investigation by The Wall Street Journal found bankers are often pressured to ignore rules meant to prevent dangerous overwork.


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