The bank's net profit made up EUR183m in the corresponding period of 2008.
Societe Generale's net banking income grew by 16.9% to EUR5.9bn for July to September, while earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose by 46.8% to EUR2bn.
The bank disposed of EUR1.7bn of assets at risk in a bid to enhance its risk profile.
Its corporate and investment banking operations switched to a net profit of EUR133m in the third quarter from a loss of EUR240m the previous year, while net banking income from those activities almost tripled to EUR1.77bn.
Following the EUR4.8bn share issue of October, Societe Generale's pro-forma Tier 1 ratio made up 10.8% at 30 September.
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