Credit: REUTERS/EDGARD GARRIDOGives breakdown on Q3 results
MADRID, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Spain's Santander SAN.MC on Tuesday said its net profit more than trebled in the third quarter to 1.75 billion euros ($2.07 billion) compared to the same period a year ago when earnings were affected by multimillion one-off charges in the U.K.
In the second quarter, the euro zone's third-biggest lender in terms of market value had reported a record net loss of 11.1 billion euros on COVID-19 related writedowns.
On underlying terms, the bank's third-quarter net profit however fell 18% due to more coronaviurs related provisions, it said.
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