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Diverging bar chart comparing profit growth to stock reaction across Canada's Big Six banks after third-quarter earnings.

Three of Canada's Big Six banks posted double-digit profit growth this reporting period, yet investors responded in sharply different ways. National Bank's profit rose roughly 23% year over year, but its shares fell 4.2% the same day, even as its provisions and capital ratios matched peers. Scotiabank, by contrast, jumped 7% after an 18% profit increase. Analysts traced the divergence to guidance language flagged on National Bank's post-earnings call, not credit quality.

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