%{{tag.tag}} {{articledata.title}} {{moment(articledata.cdate)}} @{{articledata.company.replace(" ","")}} comment Investing.com -- Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) shares rose nearly 2% in the Friday premarket after the Wall Street bank delivered first-quarter profit and revenue that trumped analyst expectations. The company reported earnings per share (EPS) of $2.60 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.26. It generated a revenue of $17.7 billion, also above the projected $16.76 billion. Morgan Stanley's equities sales and trading business was a standout, generating $4.13 billion in revenue, well ahead of the $3.42 billion expected. Wealth management, however, delivered slightly below expectations at $7.3 billion versus a forecast of $7.44 billion. The bank's return on equity for the period was 20%, compared to an expected 15.1%, while return on tangible equity surged to 37%, also beating the 20% estimate. This content was originally published on http://Investing.com