** Shares of NBT Bancorp NBTB.O rise as much as 9%
to hit a record high; last up 6.2%
** Late on Monday, the bank reported it had grown loans to
$9.73 bln in Q2, higher than analysts' expectations of $9.71
bln, according to LSEG
** The growth was driven by commercial real estate and
commercial and industrial loans
** Profit of 69 cents/shr was in line with expectations
** YTD, stock has jumped 9.5% as of Monday's close
(Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru)
((Niket.Nishant@thomsonreuters.com))