Handelsbanken's Interim Report January - March 2008*
Summary January - March 2008, compared with January - March 2007 · Operating profits were SEK 2,919m (3,714) and the period's profits after tax were SEK 2,288m (2,831) · Return on shareholders' equity for the total operations was 12.3% (17.1) · Earnings per share for the total operations were SEK 3.68 (4.48) · Net interest income rose by 17% to SEK 4,399m (3,763) and the average volume of loans to the public by 16% to SEK 1,310bn (1,129) · Total income was SEK 6,055m (6,535) · Realised and unrealised losses in the Bank's liquidity portfolio had a negative impact on