Shares in U.S. banks fell on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 bank index hitting its lowest level since late 2016, after JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America Corp. warned of revenue weakness in the current quarter.

The bank index fell as much as 2.34 percent.

BofA and JPMorgan each fell more than 2 percent and were the biggest drags on the S&P 500. Goldman Sachs, which is in the S&P financial sector index, fell 3.7 percent after it gave a trading update.

JPMorgan’s trading revenue has fallen 15 percent so far in the second quarter, CFO Marianne Lake told investors at a conference. She would not provide a prediction for June.

BofA CEO Brian Moynihan, meanwhile, told investors the bank’s second-quarter trading revenue would be lower than a year ago.

“It’s especially difficult because of the year-over-year comparison. The first and second quarter in 2016 were fairly busy on the trading front,” R.J. Grant, head of trading at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods in New York, said in a statement.

The U.S. stock market’s main gauge of investor anxiety closed at its lowest level in over two decades on May 8. The CBOE Volatility Index was up 4.8 percent at 10.88 on Wednesday.

Goldman Sachs President David Solomon declined to give specifics about the bank’s trading business at an investor conference, but said subdued volatility – which depressed client activity in the first quarter – continued into April and May.

JPMorgan shares were last down 2.5 percent at $81.84 after hitting their lowest level since Dec. 2, with trading volume 1.3 times the 10-day moving average.

BofA shares were down 2.9 percent at $22.17 after earlier hitting a low of $22.09, also in heavy trading.

Citigroup Corp. was down 2 percent at $60.38 while Huntington Bancshares Inc. was the second biggest percentage loser in the bank subsector with a 2.6 percent drop.

Goldman Sachs shares hit their lowest point since late November and were last down 3.7 at $210.43 after hitting a low of $209.62. Trading volume in the stock was 1.8 times its 10-day moving average.

US Bank Shares Decline On Trading Revenue Concerns

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