Goldi owner Astral leaps 8% as it flags huge jump in interim earnings

Shares in Astral Foods initially surged more than 8% after SA's largest poultry producer said it would report a more than fivefold increase in interim earnings, even more than it previously flagged in January.

The owner of Goldi and County Fair now expects headline earnings per share (HEPS) to rise by between 435% and 445% in its half-year to end March, having guided a rise of at least 300% in late January.