French bank Société Générale has posted second-quarter net profits that were more than triple last year and higher than expected at €1.084 billion.
The figure was much higher than the €777m forecast by analysts.
The bank, which has fixed itself a target of €3 billion annual profits, has already achieved €2.1 billion in the first six months of the year.
Société Générale lost billions of euro in a rogue trade scandal in 2008.
