HONG KONG (AFP) ??” Global banking giant HSBC Holdings said its pretax profit rose 53 percent from a year earlier to 937 billion US dollars in the six month to June easily beating analyst forecasts for a gain of around 30 percent The bank.

HONG KONG (AFP) ??” Global banking giant HSBC Holdings said its pretax profit rose 53 percent from a year earlier to 937 billion US dollars in the six month to June easily beating analyst forecasts for a gain of around 30 percent

The bank, headquartered in London and now with extensive business interests across the globe, said operating profit before provisions was up 41 percent to 1180 billion dollars, with gin profit up 55 percent at 635 billion dollars.

It said its guide US consumer finance acquisition, Household