** Shares of U.S. lender KeyCorp KEY.N up about 2% at $21.94
** Company's Q1 profit rises, helped by an increase in interest income and higher fees from investment banking
** Q1 adjusted income from continuing operations at $486 million, or 44 cents per share, vs $370 million, or 33 cents per share, a year ago
** NII rises 11.3% to $1.23 billion
** Investment banking and debt placement fees rises 12.6% to $197 million during the quarter
** Quarterly total loans grow over 3% to $107.7 billion
** Shares up 6% YTD
(Reporting by Sanskriti Shekhar in Bengaluru)
((Sanskriti.Shekhar@thomsonreuters.com))