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Nationwide first-quarter profit more than doubles

LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Nationwide Building Society (LSE: CCDS.L - news) , Britain's biggest customer-owned lender, said on Monday that first-quarter profits more than doubled.

Underlying profit of 263 million pounds ($440 million) in the three months to June 30 was up 117 percent against the same period last year. ($1 = 0.5978 British Pounds) (Reporting by Clare Hutchison)