03:06 PM EST - Finning International : said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings jumped 46 percent, boosted by strong equipment spending in the resource sector. The Canadian construction and heavy equipment dealer reported earnings of $52.7 million, or 59 cents a share, for the period ended December 31, up 45.6 percent from $36.2 million, or 40 cents a share, a year earlier. Analysts were expecting, on average, a profit of 52.4 cents a share. Finning International
shares T.FTT are trading up 2 cents at $50.27.
