Net income came in at 1.814 billion euros (USD 2.09 billion), up 10 percent from the same quarter in the previous year and above a forecast of 1.664 billion euros. Underlying net profit accounting for one-off items came in at 1.607 billion, up 4 percent year-on-year.
Analysts polled by agency had forecast a net profit of 1.81 billion euros. Revenue for the bank in the second three months of the year was 11.08 billion euros, above analyst forecasts of 10.58 billion euros.