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Johannesburg - Africa's biggest media group Naspers said on Wednesday it expects to report an increase of up to 40% in first-half core headline earnings per share, sending its shares more than 1.4% higher.
Shares in Naspers, which owns Africa's biggest pay-TV network DStv and has stakes in companies in China, Brazil and Russia, rose 1.45% to R287 by 12:36 GMT, outpacing a slightly firmer JSE Top-40 index of blue chips.
The company said core headline EPS for the six months to end-September, which it views as the best measure of its underlying performance, was expected to rise by between 30% and 40% on the 476 cents reported last year.
Naspers, which is also listed in London, said earnings per share would surge between 55% and 65%.
- Reuters
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