HSBC profits fall following "extreme levels of volatility"

Banking giant HSBC has seen first quarter profits fall by 14 per cent following what it calls "extreme levels of volatility" in global markets...

Pre-tax profits came in at 6.1 billion US dollars, down 1 billion dollars last year.

Our UK correspondent Dan Whitehead reports...

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