UPDATE 2-SocGen balance sheet progress lifts shares, outweighs trading weakness <!-- no image --> <div>France's Societe Generale raised its capital ratio on Wednesday, giving its shares a lift despite a profit fall and some parts of its trading business lagging rival banks.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=9HvZ8ost8AI:UHndZnGRXCA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=9HvZ8ost8AI:UHndZnGRXCA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=9HvZ8ost8AI:UHndZnGRXCA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=9HvZ8ost8AI:UHndZnGRXCA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=9HvZ8ost8AI:UHndZnGRXCA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/9HvZ8ost8AI" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters