10:14 AM EST - Royal Bank of Canada : cited strong domestic banking, capital markets and wealth management results on Friday for a 19 percent increase in third quarter profit. It also raised its dividend by 9 percent, to 50 Canadian cents a share. The bank, Canada's largest, said it earned $1.395 billion, or $1.06 a share, in the three months ended July 31. That compared to profit of $1.18 billion, or 90 cents a share, a year earlier. Royal Bank of Canada
shares T.RY are trading up 66 cents at $54.77.
