Friday 18th July 2008 |
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Taking the lead from a positive day on Wall Street and another fall in oil prices, the sharemarket rose slightly today with the NZSE50 up 0.96% to end the day at 3,120
Top stock Telecom gained 0.9%, the second- ranked Contact Energy advanced 1.9% and Fletcher Building, the third best stock, rose 1.3%.
The retail sector closed mixed. Hallenstein Glasson and Pumpkin Patch dipped 0.7% each and The Warehouse Group lost 0.8%, while Michael Hill jumped 6.7%.
Other major gainers included APN News & Media 6.9%, Air New Zealand 2.7%, AMP 2.9%, Ebos Group 2.3%, Goodman Fielder 2.4% and Steel & Tube Holdings 4.7%.
Rakon plunged 3.7%, Pike River Coal plummeted 3.8% and New Zealand Oil &
Gas fell 2.4% on continued decline in crude oil prices.
Australia fared worse off, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index down 60.6
points to 4840.4, bringing this week's losses to nearly 3%.
The Dow closed up 207.38 points or 1.9% at 11,446.66, the Nasdaq closed up
27.45 points or 1.2% at 2,312.30 and the S&P 500 closed up 14.95 points
or 1.2% at 1,260.31. Oil plunged for the third straight session on Thursday
and closed below $130 a barrel for the first time in six weeks.
NZ Top 50 | 3,120.910 | +29.528 (+0.96%) |
ASX 200 | 4,840.400 | -60.600 (-1.24%) |
Dow | 11,446.66 | +207.38 (+1.85%) |
Nasdaq | 2,312.30 | +27.45 (+1.20%) |
FTSE 100 | 5,286.30 | +135.70 (+2.63%) |
NZX
TOP 50 |
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CODE |
LAST |
+/- |
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AIA |
1.80 | 0.00 |
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AIR |
1.14 | +0.03 |
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AMP |
8.50 | +0.24 |
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ANZ |
23.14 | -0.11 |
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APN |
4.17 | +0.27 |
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APT |
1.07 | 0.00 |
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CAV |
2.15 | 0.00 |
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CEN |
7.62 | +0.14 |
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EBO |
4.40 | +0.10 |
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FBU |
6.46 | +0.08 |
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FPA |
1.95 | +0.01 |
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FPH |
2.26 | +0.01 |
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FRE |
2.94 | -0.01 |
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GFF |
1.68 | +0.04 |
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GMT |
1.15 | 0.00 |
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GPG |
1.31 | +0.01 |
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HLG |
2.68 | -0.02 |
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IFT |
1.94 | +0.02 |
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IMP |
1.10 | 0.00 |
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ING |
0.84 | 0.00 |
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KIP |
1.13 | +0.02 |
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LNN |
10.66 | +0.16 |
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MFT |
6.40 | 0.00 |
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MHI |
0.80 | +0.05 |
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MVN |
1.57 | +0.01 |
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NPX |
5.22 | +0.05 |
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NZO |
1.62 | -0.04 |
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NZR |
6.70 | +0.05 |
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NZS |
1.75 | +0.01 |
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NZX |
6.70 | 0.00 |
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PFI |
1.16 | 0.00 |
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PGW |
2.46 | +0.05 |
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POT |
6.40 | +0.10 |
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PPL |
1.42 | -0.01 |
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PRC |
2.05 | -0.08 |
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RAK |
2.60 | -0.10 |
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RYM |
1.58 | +0.02 |
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SAN |
5.16 | +0.01 |
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SKC |
2.96 | 0.00 |
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SKL |
0.82 | 0.00 |
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SKT |
4.28 | +0.05 |
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STU |
2.65 | +0.12 |
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TEL |
3.46 | +0.03 |
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THL |
1.33 | +0.03 |
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TLS |
5.43 | +0.05 |
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TPW |
7.60 | 0.00 |
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TWR |
2.05 | +0.03 |
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VCT |
2.02 | -0.01 |
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WBC |
26.00 | +0.45 |
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WHS |
3.84 | -0.03 |
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