MUFG Profit Falls More Than Expected as Negative Rates Bite
- Bank’s shares have rallied on speculation BOJ won’t cut more
- MUFG posted lower gains from sales of cross-shareholdings
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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.’s first-quarter profit fell more than analysts estimated as the central bank’s negative interest-rate policy sapped lending income and the company slowed sales of its shareholdings.
Net income dropped 32 percent from a year earlier to 188.9 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in the three months ended June 30, Japan’s largest lender said in a statement on Monday. That missed the 225 billion-yen average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.