Monday 21st July 2008 |
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The sharemarket rose slightly today with the NZSE50 up 0.88% to end the day at 3,148.
Top stock Telecom slipped 0.3%, but Contact Energy surged 5.8%. Contact Energy, whose Australian parent is the subject of a hostile takeover offer, is investigating the development of the $500 million Waitahora Wind Farm Project.
The retail space was mixed, with Hallenstein Glasson increasing 1.9% and The Warehouse Group jumping 1.0%, Michael Hill losing 1.3% and Pumpkin Patch dropping 0.7%.
Steel & Tube climbed 2.61%, Pike River Coal gave away 2.4%, New Zealand Oil & Gas dipped 4.9%.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index rose 171.4 points to 5011.8, as financial
companies gained on easing concerns about the US financial sector.
The Dow closed up 49.91 points or 0.4% at 11,496.57 and the S&P 500 closed
up 0.36 points or less than a tenth of a percent at 1,260.68, while the Nasdaq
closed down 29.52 points or 1.3% at 2,282.78.
NZ Top 50 | 3,148.322 | +27.412 (+0.88%) |
ASX 200 | 5,011.800 | +171.400 (+3.54%) |
Dow | 11,496.57 | +49.91 (+0.44%) |
Nasdaq | 2,282.78 | -29.52 (-1.28%) |
FTSE 100 | 5,348.50 | -27.90 (-0.52%) |
NZX
TOP 50 |
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CODE |
LAST |
+/- |
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AIA |
1.79 | -0.01 |
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AIR |
1.15 | +0.01 |
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AMP |
8.32 | -0.18 |
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ANZ |
24.05 | +0.91 |
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APN |
4.17 | 0.00 |
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APT |
1.08 | +0.01 |
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CAV |
2.11 | -0.04 |
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CEN |
8.06 | +0.44 |
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EBO |
4.40 | 0.00 |
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FBU |
6.51 | +0.05 |
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FPA |
1.96 | +0.01 |
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FPH |
2.29 | +0.03 |
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FRE |
2.93 | -0.01 |
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GFF |
1.75 | +0.07 |
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GMT |
1.13 | -0.02 |
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GPG |
1.34 | +0.03 |
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HLG |
2.73 | +0.05 |
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IFT |
1.95 | +0.01 |
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IMP |
1.10 | 0.00 |
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ING |
0.82 | -0.02 |
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KIP |
1.13 | 0.00 |
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LNN |
11.02 | +0.36 |
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MFT |
6.42 | +0.12 |
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MHI |
0.79 | -0.01 |
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MVN |
1.55 | -0.02 |
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NPX |
5.18 | -0.04 |
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NZO |
1.54 | -0.08 |
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NZR |
6.70 | 0.00 |
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NZS |
1.71 | -0.04 |
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NZX |
6.70 | 0.00 |
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PFI |
1.14 | -0.02 |
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PGW |
2.45 | -0.01 |
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POT |
6.27 | -0.13 |
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PPL |
1.41 | -0.01 |
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PRC |
2.00 | -0.05 |
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RAK |
2.63 | +0.03 |
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RYM |
1.61 | +0.03 |
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SAN |
5.01 | -0.15 |
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SKC |
2.92 | -0.04 |
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SKL |
0.82 | 0.00 |
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SKT |
4.29 | +0.01 |
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STU |
2.72 | +0.07 |
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TEL |
3.45 | -0.01 |
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THL |
1.33 | 0.00 |
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TLS |
5.52 | +0.09 |
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TPW |
7.54 | -0.06 |
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TWR |
2.05 | 0.00 |
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VCT |
2.04 | +0.02 |
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WBC |
26.75 | +0.75 |
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WHS |
3.88 | +0.04 |
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