Reconciliation from profit or loss for the period to total comprehensive income

for the financial year from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018

€ million	Note no.	2016/17	2017/18
Profit or loss for the period	12, 13, 14	345	348
Other comprehensive income
Items of other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss	32	55	11
Remeasurement of defined benefit pension plans		77	17
Income tax attributable to items of other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss		−21	−6
Items of other comprehensive income that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss	32	−41	−175
Currency translation differences from translating the financial statements of foreign operations		−39	−190
Effective portion of gains/losses from cash flow hedges		−3	2
Gains/losses from the revaluation of financial instruments in the category ‘available for sale’		0	9
Income tax attributable to items of other comprehensive income that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss		2	4
Other comprehensive income	32	15	−164
Total comprehensive income	32	359	184
Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	32	17	4
Total comprehensive income attributable to the shareholders of METRO AG	32	343	181