Group Chief Executive, Stuart Gulliver, commented:
"The sector faces significant headwinds. The continuing macroeconomic, regulatory and political uncertainty, particularly in Europe, adversely affected our industry's performance in the quarter. As a result, our underlying PBT declined by US$1.6bn compared with 3Q10 due to lower revenues in Global Banking and Markets, an adverse movement in non-qualifying hedges and an increase in loan impairment charges, primarily in North America, partially offset by increased revenues in Commercial Banking. Reported PBT was up US$3.6bn compared with 3Q10. Against this backdrop, HSBC remains resilient, with a strong balance sheet and robust liquidity"
The third Interim dividend is US$ 00.9 (9 Cents)
