** Shares of AGL Energy AGL.AX rise 1.5% to A$11.89
** Stock among top gainers in the benchmark .AXJO index and hits its highest level since October 9
** Co posts HY underlying profit of A$373 million, down 6.5% from a year earlier, but beats Visible Alpha consensus estimate of A$307.4 million
** However, AGL narrows its fiscal 2025 underlying post-tax net profit outlook to a range of A$580 mln to A$710 mln, compared with its previous expectations of A$530 mln to A$730 mln
** About 2.2 mln shares change hands, 1.5 times the 30-day average of shares
** Stock up 3.7% this year, as of last close
(Reporting by Sherin Sunny in Bengaluru)
((Sherin.Sunny@thomsonreuters.com;))
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