Euronext's core profit rises on Irish deal, listings

(Reuters) - Pan-European exchange Euronext <ENX.PA> said on Friday its second-quarter core earnings rose 11.9 percent, helped by its acquisition of the Irish Stock Exchange, higher listings and a rise in trading volumes.

Euronext said earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to 88.6 million euros (£78.88 million) in the quarter ended June from 79.2 million euros a year earlier.

Euronext operates bourses in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Lisbon and Dublin.

(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)