AMSTERDAM Dutch bank ABN Amro on Wednesday beat analyst expectations with a 77% jump in first-quarter net profit to 523 million euros ($576 million), helped by rising interest rates and lower costs.

Analysts in a company-compiled poll on average had predicted a net profit of 370 million euros for the first three months of 2023, up from 295 million euros a year before.

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(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Tom Hogue)