BUZZ-Banque Saudi Fransi rises after earnings beat
** Shares in Banque Saudi Fransi rise 3.9 percent to 26.50 riyals ** On Monday, after market close, the lender reported a 2.7 percent increase in net profit to 1.08 billion riyals ($288 million). ** Four analysts surveyed by Reuters had on average forecast the bank would make a quarterly profit of 964.3 million riyals ** Riyad Capital has rated the stock a "buy" with a target price of 34.00 riyals ** Shares have slightly outperformed the banking sub-index in 2016 ** Saudi Arabia's stock index ga
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