Endesa 9-mth core profit grows 6.8 pct on LatAm

MADRID Nov 3 (Reuters) - Italian power group Enel's (ENEI.MI) Endesa (ELE.MC) unit said on Tuesday nine month core profit grew 6.8 percent to 5.804 billion euros ($8.57 billion) driven by forward power selling and the strength of its Latin American operations.

Net profit fell 55 pct to 3.048 billion euros due to the absence of one-time gains from the sale of assets to Germany's E.ON EONg.DE in 2008. ($1=.6769 euros) (Reporting by Tracy Rucinski; Editing by Mike Nesbit)