HSBC 2019 profit falls 33%, misses estimates <!-- no image --> <div>HSBC Holdings PLC on Tuesday posted a fall of 33% in annual profit, lagging analyst estimates, mainly due to a goodwill impairment of $7.3 billion related to its investment banking and commercial banking businesses in Europe.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=KJKuzw5EQWU:xIxD_OX5R0Q: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=KJKuzw5EQWU:xIxD_OX5R0Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=KJKuzw5EQWU:xIxD_OX5R0Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=KJKuzw5EQWU:xIxD_OX5R0Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=KJKuzw5EQWU:xIxD_OX5R0Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/KJKuzw5EQWU" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters