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SocGen warns on €1.3bn CDS hit

By Esther Bintliff in Paris

Published: July 6 2009 09:28 | Last updated: July 6 2009 18:43

Société Générale is set to report €1.3bn ($1.8bn) in losses from credit default swaps when it reports second-quarter results next month, muting its return to profitability.

The French bank said it expected to register on August 5 only “slightly” positive net income in the quarter, in spite of strong results from its corporate and investment banking arm. It forecast a “significant negative impact” from CDSs and from mark-to-market losses on its debt.

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