France's BNP Paribas reported a forecast-beating jump in net income in the fourth quarter as its investment bankers rode a surge in trading activity, but the lender lowered a key profit target for ...

The lender intends to buy back more than 1 billion euros worth of shares after posting an earnings rise.

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BNP's shares were up 1.9% at 1110 GMT, outperforming France's benchmark CAC 40 index and European banks. The euro zone's biggest bank by assets said net income rose 15.7% to 2.32 billion euros ($2 ...