Danske Bank second quarter pre-tax profit hit by costs, low interest rates

(Reuters) - Danske Bank's <DANSKE.CO> second-quarter pretax profit came in below expectations on Thursday hit by low interest rates and higher costs associated with compliance in the aftermath of a money-laundering scandal at its Estonian branch.

Second-quarter pre-tax profits fell to 4.76 billion Danish crowns (576.05 million pounds) from 5.49 billions the previous year, missing a mean forecast of 5.06 billion by analysts according to Refinitiv data.

Its reported net profit of 4.0 billion Danish crowns was in line with Danske's preliminary second-quarter estimates from early July.

(Reporting by Nikolaj Skydsgaard. Editing by Jane Merriman)