Japan’s Nomura more than doubles quarterly profit

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nomura Holdings (NYSE:) more than doubled its quarterly profit on Friday, its sixth straight quarter of growth, boosted by a jump in performance at its wholesale business.

Japan’s top brokerage and investment bank said net profit totalled 98.4 billion yen ($645 million) in July-September, compared to 35.2 billion yen the same period a year earlier.

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