Strong performance
DnB NOR achieved a profit of NOK 3 546 million in the second quarter of 2011, an increase of NOK 723 million from the second quarter of 2010."We are very pleased with these profit figures. This is our second best quarterly performance since the financial crisis, surpassed only by the particularly healthy profits recorded in the fourth quarter of 2010. Rising interest rate levels and low write-downs had a positive impact on the quarter, though there is still intense competition for both loans and deposits in the Norwegian market," says Rune Bjerke, group chief executive. DnB NOR is in the