** Shares of asset manager BlackRock BLK.N up 1.9% at $1,132 premarket
** Assets under management rose to $12.53 trillion in the quarter ended June 30, from $10.65 trillion a year earlier
** Adj. Q2 profit at $1.88 billion, up from $1.55 billion
** Through last close, stock up 8.5% YTD