Massmart Holdings Limited provided earnings guidance for the 26 weeks to June 26, 2016. For the period, the company expects PBIT- Excluding insurance gain in the range of ZAR 742.8 million to ZAR 794.1 million. Headline earnings are expected in the range of ZAR 303.8 million to ZAR 324.8 million. HEPS are expected in the range of 140.2 cents to 149.9 cents. PBIT- including insurance gain is expected in the range of ZAR 782.5 million to ZAR 836.6 million. Earnings are expected in the range of ZAR 340.2 million to ZAR 363.8 million. Basic EPS is expected in the range of 157.0 cents to 167.8 cents. The results for the 26 week period to June 2016 are favourably affected by an insurance gain arising from the excess of the insured replacement value over the net book value of the assets destroyed by the fire at the Jumbo Crown Mines store in February 2016.