Goldman Sachs shares gained in premarket trading Wednesday after the bank reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.

Goldman Sachs said its profit more than doubled in the fourth quarter, boosted by companies’ growing appetite for dealmaking. Profit jumped 105% to $4.11 billion. That amounted to $11.95 per share, which was far better than the $8.

Goldman Sachs ( NYSE: GS) stock rose 2.2% in Wednesday premarket trading after the Wall Street stalwart posted strong Q4 and full-year earnings, bolstered by solid net interest income, rebounding investment banking fees, and robust growth in its asset and wealth management businesses.

Big bank profits surged in the fourth quarter and Wall Street roared back to life, with net income rising 50% at JPMorgan Chase and more than doubling at Goldman Sachs.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon addressed his retirement timeline, Goldman chief David Solomon talked Apple, and bankers overall appeared to exude “animal spirits.”

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Citi kicked off earnings season on Wednesday with their December-quarter results.

By Saeed Azhar, Manya Saini and Noor Zainab Hussain NEW YORK (Reuters) -Goldman Sachs beat Wall Street estimates and earned its biggest quarterly profit in more than three years as its investment bankers brought in more deal fees,