ESPOO (dpa-AFX) - Nokia Corp. (NOK), which recently completed the sale of substantially all of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft, Thursday reported a second-quarter loss for continuing operations of 28 million euros or 0.01 euros per share. This compares to last year's loss for continuing operations of 58 million euros or 0.02 euros per share. On non-IFRS basis, earnings per share from continuing operations totaled 0.06.
Including the gain from discontinued operations, the group's net profit totaled 2.51 billion euros or 0.61 euros per share for the second quarter. This compares to a net loss of 226 million euros or 0.06 euros per share in the year-ago quarter.
For the second quarter, net sales slid to 2.942 billion euros from 3.155 billion euros last year.
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