MONTREAL (AP) — MONTREAL (AP) — CGI Group Inc. (GIB) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $316.7 million.

On a per-share basis, the Montreal-based company said it had profit of $1.36. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.46 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.44 per share.

The information technology and business process services company posted revenue of $2.77 billion in the period.

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