...benefiting from lending growth in the booming economy.
Societe Generale's Czech unit reported net profit of 5.28 billion crowns ($258.3 million) for January-June, beating the average estimate of a 5 percent increase to 5.03 billion crowns in a Reuters poll of nine analysts.
The third biggest Czech lender by total assets said revenue grew by a higher-than-expected 11.3 percent to 14.41 billion crowns, ahead of analysts' estimate of an 8 percent rise to 13.96 billion crowns.
[PRAGUE/Reuters/Finance.cz]