Tremors were felt in the Greek capital of Athens and as far away as the southern island of Crete
The provision was announced as the bank reported an 11 percent gain in pretax profit in the first half of the year, boosted by $4.3 billion in gains from asset sales.
For the six months ending June 30, the bank said Monday that pretax profit was $12.7 billion, up from $11.5 billion a year earlier.
Operating income was up 3 percent to $43.7 billion while taxes paid more than doubled from $1.7 billion to $3.6 billion.
First-half earnings were also hit by provisions of $1.3 billion for compensating UK customers for payment protection insurance.
HSBC shares were down 0.1 percent at 530.5 pence.
Tremors were felt in the Greek capital of Athens and as far away as the southern island of Crete
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