Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) reported Friday H1 earnings of 1.003 trillion Japanese yen ($6.27 billion), up from 933.51 billion yen a year earlier.

A single analyst polled by FactSet expected 1.012 trillion yen.

Ordinary income for the six months ended Sept. 30 was 5.800 trillion yen, up from 5.206 trillion yen a earlier.