	genstar sale boosts belgian societe generale net societe generale de belgique belb br said the near doubling of net profits in was due in large part to the sale of shares in genstar corp the company which announced a net non consolidated profit of billion francs compared with billion in said its current profits rose by pct last year without giving further figures however it added in a statement that the company made major capital gains on sales during the year in particular from the sale of genstar shares societe generale governor rene lamy told last november s annual meeting that asset disposals would total around billion francs including the sale of genstar shares to imasco limited ims to he predicted a profit on extraordinary items of two billion francs after a rough balance in in today s statement societe generale gave no figures for extraordinary gains reuter 
