 BNP Paribas reported third-quarter revenue held steady in the third quarter of the year and beat expectations with a smaller-than-expected decline in net income on Tuesday, which sent its shares up by as much as 7. Frances largest lender, and Europes second largest bank by assets after HSBC, said net income in the three months to September fell 2.3 to 1.894 billion euros 2.21 billion compared with the same quarter last year, but this was above analyst expectations for 1.6 billion euros 1.87 billion, according to data provider Refinitiv. 