citizens financial group inc shares were up 76 to 4435 after lower quarterly earnings still came in ahead of analyst expectations the financial institution had firstquarter earnings per share of 93 cents down from 137 but beating the factset consensus of 91 cents nongaap underlying eps came to 107 above the factset consensus of 93 cents total revenue of 165 billion was down from 166 billion but ahead of the factset consensus expectation of 164 billion net interest income for the quarter was higher at 115 billion and beat factsets 114 billion consensus we saw lower revenue in capital markets and mortgages given the environment so high volatility benefited our global markets hedging business chief executive bruce van saun said in the earnings conference call we maintain strong deal pipelines and capital markets and remain optimistic for a significant revenue pick up if markets stabilize citizens financial completed the acquisitions of hsbc east coast branches and national online deposits on february 18 and investors bancorp on april 6 we expect to materially benefit from a higher rate environment and strong loan growth our capital markets business is well positioned as markets stabilize and we are very excited about the opportunity to grow our businessas we integrate and build on hsbc and investors chief financial officer john f woods said in the call