STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-ING up sharply after results, sale talk

ING (ING.AS) shares gain 5.1 percent in early trade, to be the top gainer in Amsterdam .AEX, after the company reports third-quarter results in line with its preannouncement.

ING Chief Executive Jan Hommen says he has to use "hands and feet" to count all of the potential buyers who express interest in ING's insurance operations.

"Commercial result was strong and largely driven by an improving interest margin," SNS Securities says in a research note. Evolution Securities says in a note that the bank's core Tier I ratio is also stronger than forecast.

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