Popular 9-mth profit down 32.1 pct, beats forecasts
MADRID, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Spain's Banco Popular (POP.MC) posted on Monday a 32.1 percent fall in nine-month net profit to 651 million euros ($976.9 million), beating analysts' forecasts for 620.9 million. [ID:nLK158911]
The bank's bad loans ratio rose to 4.63 percent at end-September from 4.39 percent at the end of June.
(Reporting by Jonathan Gleave; reporting by Judy MacInnes)









