ANZ Banking Group ordered a trading halt on its shares today after it “inadvertently” released financial information ahead of its full year profit result on Friday
ANZ announced the trading halt shortly before 4pm (AEDT) but at first did not explain why.
Shortly after 4pm ANZ sent an announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange saying it had sought the trading halt due to an “abundance of caution”.
It said it had posted on the bank’s website an Excel template of key financial tables to assist market participants prepare for the announcement of ANZ’s 2014 financial results.
“The template inadvertently contained details ... of unaudited half-on-half percentage movements for “Cash Profit — FX adjusted by Division and Geography,” ANZ said in a statement.read more...
