Market close: Volatile energy stocks settle as sharemarket posts solid gain
7 Apr, 2021 05:43 AM
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Contact rose 15c or 2.21 per cent to $6.94. Photo / File
NZ Herald
By: Graham Skellern
The New Zealand sharemarket posted a solid gain of more than half a per cent on a day when the volatile renewable energy stocks settled and corporate news was lacking. The S&P/NZX 50 Index rose 87.10 points or 0.7 per cent to 12,487.59. There were 84 gainers and 57 decliners over the whole market on heavy volume of 85.85 million share transactions worth $289.84 million.
There was again reasonably strong trading in Contact Energy and Meridian as they continue to face selling from the offshore exchange traded funds, but their share prices held up.
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Market close: Strong NZ dollar and mixed results weigh down sharemarket
22 Feb, 2021 04:43 AM
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The travel stocks had a better day on the renewed hope of border re-openings. Photo / File
The travel stocks had a better day on the renewed hope of border re-openings. Photo / File
NZ Herald
By: Graham Skellern
There was plenty of action involving the New Zealand sharemarket, but in the end it fell one per cent, weighed down by mixed company results, rising wholesale interest rates and a strong NZ dollar. The S&P/NZX 50 Index was down 122.39 points or 0.98 per cent to 12,426.24 after reaching an intraday high of 12,588.38. There were 54 gainers and 90 decliners over the whole market on strong trading of 50.86 million shares worth $191.55 million.
Meridian Energy jumped 4.4 per cent to $7.68. That pushed its market capitalisation to $19.68 billion, making it the most valuable company on the exchange.