Shares of investment banks rose early Thursday as the broader market gyrated after the Labor Department said the unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent in June.
How investment banks fared early Thursday:
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. rose $2.21 to $181.
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. rose 59 cents, or 2.6 percent, to $22.95.
Merrill Lynch & Co. rose 57 cents to $31.72.
Morgan Stanley rose 19 cents to $36.06.