<div>UPDATE 1-Japan's Nomura posts Q2 net profit of $1.3 bln, third straight quarterly profit</div> <!-- no image --> <div>* Wholesale division posts 18.9 bln yen pretax profit (Adds reason for profit return, wholesale division performance)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Lb22aBpE7Tw:wKWwcMv-zyo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Lb22aBpE7Tw:wKWwcMv-zyo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Lb22aBpE7Tw:wKWwcMv-zyo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Lb22aBpE7Tw:wKWwcMv-zyo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Lb22aBpE7Tw:wKWwcMv-zyo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/Lb22aBpE7Tw" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters