GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) _ Hancock Whitney Corporation (HWC) on Tuesday reported third-quarter earnings of $129.6 million.

The Gulfport, Mississippi-based bank said it had earnings of $1.46 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $1.45 per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.29 per share.

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