UPDATE 1-Bank of China Q3 profit up 2.4 pct as margins shrink, NPLs rise

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Oct 26 Bank of China Ltd (BoC) , the country’s fourth-biggest lender by assets, reported a 2.4 percent rise in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday, even as margins shrank and bad loans rose. State-owned BoC’s results, the first among …
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