Bulgaria's BDB 9-mo cons net profit falls 32%

Consolidated net interest income dropped to 47.5 million levs in January-September from 49.9 million levs in the same period last year, majority state-owned BDB said in a statement to the Sofia bourse.

Total assets decreased to 1.69 billion levs at end-September from 1.89 billion levs at the end of 2011.

BDB (www.bdbank.bg), in which the government holds a stake of 99.97%, was the 13th largest bank in terms of assets in Bulgaria at the end of September, among 24 Bulgarian lenders and seven branches of foreign banks.

(1 euro=1.95583 Bulgarian levs)