09:50 AM EST - Bank of Montreal : said first-quarter earnings tumbled 27 percent on Tuesday. BMO, Canada's fifth-biggest bank by market value, reported earnings of $255 million, or 47 cents a share, in the three months ended January 31. That compares with net income of $348 million, or 67 cents a share, in the same period a year earlier. Bank of Montreal
shares T.BMO are trading down $1.91 at $46.45.
