MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Bankinter said on Thursday its fourth-quarter net profit rose 58% from the same period in 2021 thanks to an increase in lending income.
The country’s fourth-biggest bank by market value reported a net profit of 130 million euros ($140.3 million) in the October to December period up from 82 million euros in the same quarter of 2021.
Analysts polled by Reuters expected a net profit of 132 million euros.
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(Reporting by Jesús Aguado; editing by Inti Landauro)
