China Construction Bank Corp (CCB) reported a 0.26% rise in first-quarter net profit on Friday.

China's second-biggest lender by assets saw profits rise to 88.74 billion yuan ($12.82 billion) in the January to March period, compared with the restated 88.51 billion yuan a year earlier, the bank said in a filing. ($1 = 6.9235 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Engen Tham and Ziyi Tang. Editing by Jane Merriman)