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Scotiabank reports 5 percent increase in quarterly earnings

Reuters
FILE PHOTO: A woman leaves a Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) branch in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo

TORONTO (Reuters) - Bank of Nova Scotia (Toronto:BNS.TO - News), Canada's third-biggest lender, reported a 5 percent increase in third-quarter earnings on Tuesday, helped by growth in its domestic and international businesses.

Scotiabank said earnings per share, excluding one-off items, rose to C$1.76 ($1.35) from C$1.68 a year ago in the quarter ended July 31. Analyst had on average forecast earnings of C$1.75, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

($1 = 1.3055 Canadian dollars)

(Reporting by Matt Scuffham, editing by Louise Heavens)