Monday 4th August 2008 |
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The sharemarket rose slightly today with the NZSE50 up 0.49% to end the day at 3,319.
Among top stocks, Telecom was up 2.5% and Fletcher Building gained 0.3%, but Contact Energy slightly dropped 0.1%.
The retail space was mixed, Pumpkin Patch increased 2.8%, Hallenstein Glasson and The Warehouse Group both added 0.4%, while Michael Hill dropped 1.3%. Briscoe Group closed unchanged after reporting sales fell 2.3% in the second quarter as retailers cut prices, eroding margins.
Biggest gainers today were Life Pharmacy and Xero, both up 10%. The biggest decline was Pulse Utilities dropping 29%.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 16.3 points, or 0.33%, to 4887.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index lost 20.4 points, or 0.41%, to 4957.6. The market closed weaker on lower base metal prices and a profit downgrade by Lend Lease Corporation who said annual profit fell 47% after it wrote down the value of assets in the UK
The Dow fell 51.70, or 0.45%, to 11,326.32, the Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 7.07, or 0.56%, to 1,260.31, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 14.59, or 0.63%, to 2,310.96.
NZ Top 50 | 3,319.219 | +16.062 (+0.49%) |
ASX 200 | 4,887.700 | -16.300 (-0.33%) |
Dow | 11,326.32 | -51.70 (-0.45%) |
Nasdaq | 2,310.96 | -14.59 (-0.63%) |
FTSE 100 | 5,354.70 | -57.20 (-1.06%) |
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TOP 50 |
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CODE |
LAST |
+/- |
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AIA |
1.96 | -0.11 |
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AIR |
1.24 | -0.01 |
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AMP |
8.00 | +0.20 |
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ANZ |
21.14 | +0.44 |
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APN |
4.02 | 0.00 |
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APT |
1.07 | -0.01 |
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CAV |
2.40 | +0.05 |
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CEN |
8.45 | -0.01 |
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EBO |
4.52 | +0.02 |
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FBU |
6.28 | +0.02 |
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FPA |
1.94 | +0.05 |
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FPH |
2.86 | +0.06 |
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FRE |
3.15 | +0.05 |
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GFF |
1.72 | +0.02 |
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GMT |
1.12 | -0.02 |
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GPG |
1.42 | +0.06 |
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HLG |
2.85 | +0.01 |
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IFT |
2.17 | +0.01 |
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IMP |
1.16 | +0.05 |
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ING |
0.80 | -0.02 |
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KIP |
1.10 | -0.02 |
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LNN |
11.32 | +0.24 |
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MFT |
6.89 | -0.02 |
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MHI |
0.79 | -0.01 |
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MVN |
1.60 | +0.05 |
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NPX |
5.55 | +0.10 |
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NZO |
1.65 | +0.02 |
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NZR |
6.75 | +0.05 |
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NZS |
1.82 | +0.02 |
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NZX |
7.72 | +0.07 |
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PFI |
1.15 | -0.01 |
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PGW |
2.77 | +0.04 |
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POT |
6.50 | +0.15 |
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PPL |
1.49 | +0.04 |
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PRC |
2.05 | +0.06 |
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RAK |
2.55 | -0.02 |
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RYM |
1.65 | 0.00 |
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SAN |
5.40 | +0.05 |
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SKC |
3.47 | +0.02 |
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SKL |
0.91 | 0.00 |
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SKT |
4.66 | -0.03 |
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STU |
3.15 | 0.00 |
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TEL |
3.76 | +0.09 |
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THL |
1.37 | +0.01 |
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TLS |
5.82 | +0.02 |
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TPW |
7.75 | +0.04 |
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TWR |
2.07 | -0.06 |
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VCT |
2.28 | +0.03 |
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WBC |
26.85 | -0.40 |
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WHS |
3.42 | +0.01 |
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