regions financial corp rf reported friday secondquarter profit that was in line with expectations as revenue rose slightly above views and as deposits dropped more than 8 the regional bank’s stock was still inactive in the premarket net income was 556 million or 59 cents a share compared with 588 million 59 cents a share in the yearago period and to match the factset consensus total revenue grew 120 to 196 billion just above the factset consensus of 195 billion as net interest income jumped 245 to 139 billion which topped expectations of 138 billion total loans rose 86 to 9858 billion as strength in commercial and industrial investor real estate and residential first mortgages offset weakness in home equity total deposits fell 82 to 12696 billion led by a 244 drop in wealth management deposits the stock has rallied 108 over the past three months while the spdr sp regional banking exchangetraded fund kre has gained 94 and the sp 500 spx has tacked on 97