ANZ shares rise after data glitch
Shares in ANZ have risen in early trade after an embarrassing mix-up that led to its profit figures being accidentally published on the bank's website.
Shares in ANZ were 7.5 cents higher at $33.42 at 1009 AEDT on Tuesday.
ANZ placed its shares in a trading halt late on Monday after revealing it had inadvertently published on its website unaudited data showing percentage movements in its cash profit for the second half of its fiscal year.
The numbers were contained in a template of ANZ's financial tables intended to assist analysts preparing for the bank's full year financial results presentations on Friday.
The table showed that ANZ's second half cash profit, adjusted for foreign exchange movements, rose three per cent to $3.5 billion.
ANZ said the release of the figures did not constitute a breach of its continuous disclosure obligations, but it sought the trading halt "out of an abundance of caution".
ANZ is expected to report an 11 per cent rise in cash profit to a record $7.08 billion when it announces its full year results on Friday.
