** Shares of American Express AXP.N rise 0.5% to $317.20 in premarket
** AXP exceeds estimates for second-quarter profit, fueled by resilient spending by its affluent cardholders
** Excluding one-time items, AXP earns $4.08 per share for the three months ended June 30, compared with analysts' expectation of $3.89 - LSEG
** Total revenue rises 9% to $17.9 billion
** AXP boosts its provisions for credit losses to $1.4 billion, from $1.3 billion a year earlier
** As of last close, AXP up nearly 6% YTD
(Reporting by Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru)
((Pritam.Biswas@thomsonreuters.com))
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