Nigeria Skye Bank 2013 pretax profit up 3.8 pct

A money dealer counts the Nigerian naira on a machine in his office in the commercial capital of Lagos, January 13, 2009. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's Skye Bank said on Tuesday its 2013 pretax profit rose 3.8 percent to 17.13 billion naira ($104.45 million), compared with 16.51 billion naira in the previous year. It also cut its dividend to 0.30 naira per share from 0.50 naira paid previously. Gross earnings fell marginally to 127.34 billion naira, from 127.73 billion a year earlier, the bank said in a filing through the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE). ($1 = 164 naira)