Mizuho books 19% rise in second-quarter net profit, raises annual forecast

Mizuho Financial Group TSE:8411 booked a 19% rise in second-quarter net profit, it said on Friday. Japan's third-largest banking group generated 473.6 billion yen ($2.96 billion) net profit over the July-September period, compared to 399.4 billion yen over the same period a year earlier.It raised i…