Russia's VTB reports sharp rise in July profit, reaffirms full-year forecast

MOSCOW, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Russia's second-largest lender VTB on Friday said that its July net profit had risen 73.4% year-on-year to 40.4 billion roubles ($469.77 million).

The bank reaffirmed its 2026 profit target of 600 billion roubles.

($1 = 86.0000 roubles)

(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva; Editing by Gleb Bryanski)