** Shares of market maker Virtu Financial VIRT.O climb 5.1% to $40.92 premarket
** VIRT posts Q4 adjusted profit of $1.14/shr, beating Wall Street expectations of 89 cents/shr - data compiled by LSEG
** Q4 total revenue jumps 55.7% to $834.3 mln, driven by strong growth in trading income
** Trading income more than doubled to $544 mln for the quarter from a year earlier, thanks to stronger global equities volumes
** Q4 was the best quarter since Q1 2022 for Virtu's execution services arm, which houses its trading business
** VIRT stock soared 76% in 2024
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
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