HONG KONG: Banking giant HSBC said on Monday that pre-tax profit in the third quarter more than doubled to $7.7 billion, reflecting the "positive impact of a higher interest rate environment."

The on-year spike from $3.2 billion was partly down to an impairment in the same period last year over the planned sale of the firm's retail banking operations in France, which has since stalled, it said.

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