FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - Commerzbank will publish its interim results for the first three months of the current year this Wednesday (07:00 a.m.). Analysts expect the Frankfurt-based DAX-listed group to have performed better than in the already very good prior-year period.

Accordingly, pre-tax profit could have climbed from 871 million euros to more than one billion euros. A net profit of around 650 million euros is expected - that would be a good twelve percent more than a year ago. The Commerzbank Board of Managing Directors is aiming to "significantly" exceed the record profit of 2.2 billion euros from 2023 for the year as a whole.

However, at the beginning of May, Commerzbank pointed to further charges at its Polish subsidiary mBank, which were not included in the latest analyst estimates: mBank had reported "a further, non-tax-deductible charge from provisions for legal risks" of around 60 million euros in the first quarter. There have been legal disputes in Poland for years in connection with Swiss franc loans./ben/DP/he