Wednesday 24th September 2008 |
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The sharemarket rose slightly today with the NZSE50 up 0.98% to end the day at 3,259.
Top stock Telecom climbed 1.4% and Fletcher Building increased 1.2%, but second-ranked Contact Energy lost 1.2%.
The retail sector was positive with Michael Hill jumping 8.0%, Hallenstein Glasson surging 3.3%, Pumpkin Patch climbing 1.5%, and the Warehouse Group rising 1.0%.
Other major gainers included Goodman Fielder up 7.56%, Telstra Corporation up 6.85%, ProvencoCadmus up 6.67%, Briscoe Group up 5.75%, Turners Auctions up 4.29%, SkyCity 2.0%, Air New Zealand 1.9%, and Guinness Peat Group 4.1%.
Among major losers, Heritage Gold was down 14.81%, Methven down 6.45%, L & M Petroleum down 5%, Hellaby Holdings down 3.90%, Renaissance Corporation down 3.57%, Fisher & Paykel Appliances lost 1.2%, Rakon gave away 1.6%, and Steel & Tube Holdings tumbled 2.6%.
Lombard Group, whose main operating unit was put in receivership by its trustee, is today considering whether to de-list from the NZX or be sold. Shares of Lombard last traded at three cents on Sept. 12 and have declined 96% this year.
Austral Pacific, an oil and gas explorer whose shares have tumbled 72% this year, will consider asset sales, mergers or new capital raising as part of a strategic review. Austral Pacific shares were down 19.51% today.
Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 58.4 points, or 1.2%,
to 4981.9, while the broader All Ordinaries lifted 50.5 points, or 1%, to 5008.2.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 161.52 points, or 1.47%, to 10,854.17.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite slumped 25.64 points, or 1.18%, to 2,153.34
and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 18.87 points, or 1.56%,
to a close of 1,188.22.
NZ Top 50 | 3,259.679 | +31.490 (+0.98%) |
ASX 200 | 4,981.900 | +58.400 (+1.19%) |
Dow | 10,854.17 | -161.52 (-1.47%) |
Nasdaq | 2,153.33 | -25.65 (-1.18%) |
FTSE 100 | 5,136.12 | -100.14 (-1.91%) |
AIA | 2.08 | +0.03 | ![]() |
AIR | 1.05 | +0.02 | ![]() |
AMP | 8.75 | +0.05 | ![]() |
ANZ | 22.38 | +0.10 | ![]() |
APN | 3.85 | 0.00 | ![]() |
APT | 1.11 | -0.03 | ![]() |
CAV | 2.77 | +0.01 | ![]() |
CEN | 8.55 | -0.05 | ![]() |
EBO | 4.41 | -0.01 | ![]() |
FBU | 7.39 | +0.09 | ![]() |
FPA | 1.69 | -0.01 | ![]() |
FPH | 3.04 | +0.03 | ![]() |
FRE | 3.39 | +0.03 | ![]() |
GFF | 1.73 | +0.01 | ![]() |
GMT | 1.22 | +0.01 | ![]() |
GPG | 1.27 | +0.05 | ![]() |
HLG | 2.70 | 0.00 | ![]() |
IFT | 2.06 | -0.01 | ![]() |
IMP | 1.12 | +0.02 | ![]() |
ING | 0.72 | 0.00 | ![]() |
KIP | 1.18 | -0.04 | ![]() |
LNN | 10.50 | 0.00 | ![]() |
MFT | 6.80 | 0.00 | ![]() |
MHI | 0.76 | +0.01 | ![]() |
MVN | 1.45 | -0.10 | ![]() |
NPX | 6.15 | -0.07 | ![]() |
NZO | 1.39 | -0.01 | ![]() |
NZR | 6.64 | +0.14 | ![]() |
NZS | 1.35 | +0.02 | ![]() |
NZX | 6.50 | +0.05 | ![]() |
PFI | 1.13 | -0.02 | ![]() |
PGW | 2.10 | 0.00 | ![]() |
POT | 6.50 | 0.00 | ![]() |
PPL | 1.37 | +0.01 | ![]() |
PRC | 1.52 | 0.00 | ![]() |
RAK | 2.48 | -0.01 | ![]() |
RYM | 1.70 | +0.01 | ![]() |
SAN | 5.80 | +0.17 | ![]() |
SKC | 3.61 | +0.06 | ![]() |
SKL | 0.90 | +0.03 | ![]() |
SKT | 4.51 | +0.01 | ![]() |
STU | 3.08 | -0.04 | ![]() |
TEL | 2.85 | +0.05 | ![]() |
THL | 1.30 | 0.00 | ![]() |
TLS | 5.25 | +0.29 | ![]() |
TPW | 8.00 | 0.00 | ![]() |
TWR | 1.82 | 0.00 | ![]() |
VCT | 2.19 | 0.00 | ![]() |
WBC | 30.06 | +0.56 | ![]() |
WHS | 3.17 | +0.03 | ![]() |
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