bper banca shares fell thursday after the italian bank reported a decline in firsthalf net profit and said net interest income has passed its peak at 1125 gmt shares were trading 41 lower to eur288 recovering some ground on the day after having fallen by as much as 93 earlier the bank posted net profit of 7045 million euros 7706 million for the sixmonth period to the end of june compared with eur138 billion a year prior on operating income that grew 48 eur265 billion it said late wednesday bper banca also guided for net interest income at around eur28 billion net commission income at around eur2 billion and recurring net profit at around eur11 billion for the year when taken altogether the core revenues and net profit guidance incorporates a slowdown in the second half of the year including for net interest income deutsche bank analyst giovanni razzoli said in a research note andrea lisi analyst at equita sim described the banks guidance as conservative and noted the banks view that net interest income had peaked in the firsthalf of the year late on wednesday the banks management told analysts that net interest income had reached its peak as of the first six months of the year according to a factset transcription of the earnings call