BCN-19 Deutsche Bank reports first annual profit in four years in 2018

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Deutsche Bank reports first annual profit in four years in 2018

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Feb 1, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Germany’s biggest lender
Deutsche Bank reported Friday a 2018 bottom line in the black for the first
time in four years, with 267 million euros ($305 million) net profit.

The group nevertheless booked revenues down four percent year-on-year at
25.3 billion euros, blaming a fourth quarter marked by “challenging financial
markets” and “negative” headlines, including a November raid by prosecutors
on the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters.

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