All but one of the nation's 17 major banks scored pretax profits in the first half of fiscal 1999, according to midterm reports released by the banks Monday.
Three city banks -- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Sanwa Bank and Daiwa Bank -- as well as six trust banks released their earnings reports the same day. The remaining eight had announced their data on Friday.
The lone loser was Nippon Trust & Banking Co., which posted red ink on a pretax basis for the first half when it closed its books on Sept. 30.