NEW YORK—Intercontinental Exchange Inc on Thursday reported a quarterly profit that topped Wall Street expectations, helped by strong gains in its mortgage technology business and robust demand for its interest rate and energy hedging products. The New York Stock Exchange owner earned $1.30 per share in the quarter ended Sept. 30, 8 cents above the consensus estimate of analysts, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. Shares in the Atlanta-based company, which runs futures and equities exchanges as well as clearing houses and data services, were up 3.39 percent at a record high of $137.49 early on Thursday. The primary driver of the earnings beat was ICE’s mortgage technology business, said Jefferies analyst Daniel Fannon. ICE has been making deals in the mortgage sector over the past few years – most notably its $11 billion acquisition of Ellie Mae – in the hope of benefiting from a push to automate the …