<div>UPDATE 2-Absa's profit rise clouded by mixed results underneath</div> <!-- no image --> <div>* H1 headline earnings per share 918.4 cents vs 877.8 last year<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=EeNFB_4ewag:DvgZmLeNAjE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=EeNFB_4ewag:DvgZmLeNAjE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=EeNFB_4ewag:DvgZmLeNAjE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=EeNFB_4ewag:DvgZmLeNAjE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=EeNFB_4ewag:DvgZmLeNAjE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/EeNFB_4ewag" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters