China Construction Bank Corp (CCB) on Thursday reported a 2.63% rise in third-quarter net profit.

China's second-biggest lender by assets saw profits rise to 88.11 billion yuan ($12.04 billion) in the July to September period, up from 85.85 billion yuan in the same period last year, according to a filing by the bank. ($1 = 7.3191 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Ziyi Tang, Selena Li and Engen Tham; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)