Wednesday 30th July 2008 |
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The sharemarket surged upwards today with the NZSE50 up 1.62% to end the day at 3,288, taking the lead from offshore markets.
Among the top stocks, Telecom jumped 2.5%, after announcing that it was looking at moving more of its call centre functions to the Philippines.
Contact Energy advanced 1.8% and Fletcher Building gained 2.4%.
In the retail space, Pumpkin Patch blazed ahead 4.1%, Hallenstein Glasson added 1.4% while The Warehouse Group dipped 1.6% and Michael Hill closed flat.
A positive day among other shares, with Fisher & Paykel Healthcare soaring
5.0%, Auckland International Airport surged 3.2%, Freightways gained 6.0%, Nuplex
advanced 2.8% and Steel & Tube Holdings rose 1.8%. Sky City slipped 0.3%.
Abano Healthcare gained 2.42% after announcing a 56% gain in full-year profit
on acquisitions and revenue from its health clinics. Richina Pacific shares
dropped over 4% upon announcing it has dropped plans to pay a 1.5 cents-a-share
dividend, citing a potential acquisition and the global economic dowturn.
The banks clawed back some ground, with ANZ Bank advancing 2.7% and Westpac
surging 3.6%.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 89.3 points, or 1.84%, to 4936.7, following a rally from the US overnight and an upbeat financial sector.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 266.48 points, or 2.39%, to 11,397.56
and the Standard & Poor's 500 broad-market index added 28.83 points to 1,263.20.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite advanced 55.41 points to 2,319.62.
NZ Top 50 | 3,287.758 | +52.256 (+1.62%) |
ASX 200 | 4,936.700 | +89.300 (+1.84%) |
Dow | 11,397.56 | +266.48 (+2.39%) |
Nasdaq | 2,319.62 | +55.40 (+2.45%) |
FTSE 100 | 5,319.20 | +6.60 (+0.12%) |
NZX
TOP 50 |
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at: 30/07/2008 5:34pm |
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CODE |
LAST |
+/- |
|
AIA |
1.94 | +0.06 |
|
AIR |
1.27 | +0.04 |
|
AMP |
8.43 | +0.08 |
|
ANZ |
20.70 | +0.55 |
|
APN |
4.20 | 0.00 |
|
APT |
1.09 | -0.02 |
|
CAV |
2.35 | 0.00 |
|
CEN |
8.35 | +0.15 |
|
EBO |
4.50 | -0.02 |
|
FBU |
6.40 | +0.15 |
|
FPA |
1.94 | -0.01 |
|
FPH |
2.73 | +0.13 |
|
FRE |
3.18 | +0.18 |
|
GFF |
1.72 | +0.04 |
|
GMT |
1.17 | +0.04 |
|
GPG |
1.35 | +0.02 |
|
HLG |
2.84 | +0.04 |
|
IFT |
2.22 | -0.02 |
|
IMP |
1.11 | 0.00 |
|
ING |
0.82 | 0.00 |
|
KIP |
1.12 | -0.01 |
|
LNN |
11.12 | +0.19 |
|
MFT |
6.73 | +0.23 |
|
MHI |
0.80 | 0.00 |
|
MVN |
1.60 | 0.00 |
|
NPX |
5.50 | +0.15 |
|
NZO |
1.53 | 0.00 |
|
NZR |
6.70 | +0.10 |
|
NZS |
1.78 | -0.02 |
|
NZX |
7.50 | 0.00 |
|
PFI |
1.16 | -0.03 |
|
PGW |
2.65 | +0.01 |
|
POT |
6.55 | +0.05 |
|
PPL |
1.51 | +0.06 |
|
PRC |
1.97 | 0.00 |
|
RAK |
2.65 | -0.03 |
|
RYM |
1.63 | 0.00 |
|
SAN |
5.35 | +0.02 |
|
SKC |
3.36 | -0.01 |
|
SKL |
0.88 | +0.02 |
|
SKT |
4.50 | -0.05 |
|
STU |
2.90 | +0.05 |
|
TEL |
3.68 | +0.09 |
|
THL |
1.40 | -0.08 |
|
TLS |
5.76 | +0.11 |
|
TPW |
7.85 | +0.15 |
|
TWR |
2.17 | +0.04 |
|
VCT |
2.17 | +0.04 |
|
WBC |
26.80 | +0.93 |
|
WHS |
3.82 | -0.06 |
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