Japan's Mizuho reports 29.3% increase in Q2 net profit

Reuters

Published Nov 14, 2022 01:52AM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mizuho Financial Group, Japan's third-largest lender by assets, on Monday reported a 29.3% increase in second-quarter net profit.

Mizuho posted a profit of 174.67 billion yen ($1.25 billion) in the July-September period versus 135.1 billion yen a year earlier, according to Reuters' calculations based on six-month cumulative figures disclosed in a stock exchange filing.