Frankfurt  - Dresdner Bank's management board reported Thursday that it lost 6.3 billion euros (8.1 billion dollars) in 2008 amid the crisis striking the financial markets.

Dresdner Bank, sold by the insurance giant Allianz to Commerzbank last year, said the result was based on preliminary figures for the just-completed business year.

Further details were to be disclosed later in the day. (dpa)