** Shares of Scentre Group SCG.AX rise as much as 3% to
A$3.070, set for best day since Dec. 14 - if current trends hold
** Property developer reports FY profit after tax (excluding
unrealised fair value movements) attributable of A$1.07 bln
($700.52 mln), up 16.7%
** Logs 2.1% increase in FY revenue to A$2.51 bln
** Co forecasts "distributions are expected to be at least
17.20 AU cents per security in 2024", slightly ahead of Citi and
Visible Alpha consensus expectations
** Stock down about 0.3% this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.5260 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Rajasik Mukherjee in Bengaluru)
((Rajasik.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com;))