MADRID—Banco de Sabadell SA, Spain’s fifth-largest lender by market value, said Friday that first-quarter net profit rose on higher income from lending. The bank reported net profit of €252 million ($284.5 million) in the first quarter of this year, up 44% from a year earlier. Analysts had anticipated net profit of €218 million in the first three months of the year, according to a poll by data provider FactSet. Sabadell said...
Banco Italia - 1Q16 net profit of € 252 m ( $ 30 m ) , up 10 % YoY , beating inflation , due to higher income from lending after taking over the country 's banks .