United Overseas Australia Limited provided consolidated earnings guidance for the year ending December 31, 2017. For the year, the company announced that the group Consolidated operating profit after taxation and minority interests for financial year ending December 31, 2017 is expected to be approximately AUD 106 million. This is a decrease of AUD 55 million when compared with the result (AUD 161 million) reported for the 2016 financial year. Included in the result for 2016 was a fair value gain of AUD 98 million in respect of investment properties completed in that year whereas no gain has been brought to account in the 2017 year. Profit from ordinary activities in the 2017 year increased by approximately AUD 40 million when compared to the 2016 year result.