A lagging economy, messy politics and negative interest rates have combined to brutalize European lenders, few more prominently than Deutsche Bank AG. The German bank reported steep second-quarter falls in its investment-banking and securities-trading businesses, a potent sign of the bank’s acute struggles and of the deep malaise that has settled over Europe’s financial institutions. Its...
Deutsche Bank 's second quarter net income has tumbled 98 % from € 818 m ( $ 908 m ) a year earlier to € 20 m . Deutsche Bank analysts have cited ongoing economic and political instability as the reasons behind the bank 's declining earnings from securities sales and trading . Shares of Deutsche Bank have risen 20 % in just five weeks with narrowing chances of recovery as low and negative interest rates continue to crimp lending margins while bad loans hamper balance sheets .