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UniCredit, which on Sunday walked out of a deal to rescue state-owned rival Monte dei Paschi, posted a net profit of 1.06 billion euros ($1.23 billion) for the three months through September.
That compares with an average forecast of 838 million euros ($975 million) from 23 analysts collected by the bank.
($1 = 0.8618 euros)
