Nigeria's FCMB swings to loss in half year to Oct

LAGOS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Nigeria's First City Monument Bank (FCMB) (FCMB.LG) said on Monday it had swung to a pre-tax loss of 479 million naira ($3.2 million) in the six months to the end of October.

Gross earnings in the period dropped to 35.21 billion naira from 40.79 billion a year earlier, the bank said in a filing to the Nigerian Stock Exchange. (Reporting by Oludare Mayowa)