09:51 AM EST - BMO Financial Group : reported strong quarterly results, increasing net income by 37% year over year to $970 Million, BMO also announced a fourth-quarter dividend of $0.72 per common share, a two-cent-per-share increase from the preceding quarter and equivalent to an annual dividend of $2.88 per common share. BMO Financial Group
shares T.BMO are trading up $0.68 at $58.38.
