(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 06 - The increase in interest rates on the market, which has pushed up the interest margin, is the fuel for the half-yearly balance sheets of the top five Italian banks which have posted a total profit of 6.2 billion.
This is what emerges from a study by the First Cisl union on the results of Intesa Sanpaolo, Unicredit, Mps, Banco Bpm, Bper, which are also burdened by 2.2 billion in write-downs for Russia.
Net interest rates thus rose by 5.7% "following the rise in rates, which should have its greatest effect in the coming quarters" given the orientation of central banks.
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