By Gianluca Lo Nostro (Reuters) -Nokia reported third-quarter profit which was ahead of market expectations on Thursday, driven by strong optical and cloud demand, including AI-focused data centre sales following its Infinera acquisition. The company's shares were up 10.6% to 5.2 euros by 0717GMT, their highest in over three years, adding 3 billion euros to the company's 30-billion-euro market value. Comparable operating profit in the quarter through September reached 435 million euros ($507 million). Analysts polled by LSEG expected the same metric to reach 342 million euros. U.S. tariffs, a market slowdown and a weaker dollar had weighed on Nokia's business this year, prompting it to issue a profit warning in July. The company had lost ground in the North American telecoms market as U.S.

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