Feb 26 (Reuters) - Bank of Nova Scotia BNS.TO :
* SCOTIABANK REPORTS FIRST QUARTER RESULTS
* Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE C$1.71
* Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE ESTIMATE C$1.82 -- REFINITIV IBES DATA
* Q1 ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE C$1.75
* INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND BY 6 PERCENT TO C$0.87PER SHARE
* QTRLY NET INTEREST INCOME $4,274 MILLION VERSUS $3,936 MILLION
* QTRLY TOTAL REVENUE $7,604 MILLION VERSUS $7,088 MILLION
* Q1 REVENUE VIEW C$7.68 BILLION -- REFINITIV IBES DATA
* TOTAL GROSS IMPAIRED LOANS AS AT JANUARY 31, 2019 WERE $5,287 MILLION UP FROM $5,130 MILLION AS AT OCTOBER 31, 2018
* SIGNIFICANT MARKET VOLATILITY IMPACTED SOME OF CO'S BUSINESS LINES IN QUARTER
* QTRLY "CREDIT QUALITY REMAINS STRONG AND IN LINE WITH RECENT QUARTERS"
* FOR REMAINDER OF 2019, INTEGRATION OF RECENT ACQUISITIONS WILL REMAIN A KEY FOCUS FOR BANK
* QTRLY PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES $688 MILLION VERSUS $544 MILLION
* BANK'S COMMON EQUITY TIER 1 CAPITAL RATIO WAS 11.1% AT JANUARY 31, 2019, FLAT WITH PRIOR QUARTER
* BANK'S QTRLY TIER 1 CAPITAL RATIO REMAINED FLAT WITH PRIOR QUARTER AT 12.5%
* LEVERAGE RATIO DECLINED BY APPROXIMATELY 10 BPS THIS QUARTER
* QTRLY RETURN ON EQUITY WAS 13.5% COMPARED TO 16.2% LAST YEAR