Credit: REUTERS/Mike HutchingsJOHANNESBURG, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Old Mutual OMUJ.J, South Africa's second-largest insurer, posted a 10% rise in half-year profit on Monday and said it would buy back 2.4 billion rand ($157.51 million) worth of shares.
Adjusted headline earnings per share (HEPS) stood at 109.1 cents in the six months to June 30, compared with 98.9 cents a year earlier.
HEPS is the main profit measure in South Africa that strips out certain one-off items.
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