Wednesday 17th September 2008 |
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The sharemarket surged upwards today with the NZSE50 up 1.32% to end the day at 3,269.
The top three enjoyed a positive day with top stock Telecom rising 0.4%, Contact Energy increasing 0.7%, and Fletcher Building jumping 2.8%.
The retail sector wasn't quite so flash, with Michael Hill plunging 4.9%, Hallenstein Glassons lost 2.5%, and The Warehouse Group dropped 1.5%.
Pumpkin Patch, the children's clothing chain that has grown to 227 stores, posted a 27.5% drop in full-year profit on losses in the US and UK. The company lowered its final dividend. Shares in Pumpkin Patch fell 2.7% today.
Major gainers included BLIS Technologies up 11.11%, Kingfish up 5.15%, Air New Zealand up 4.81%, Restaurant Brands up 4.69%, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare up 4.55%, Freightways up 4.29%. Sky City increased 3.6%, and Sky Network Television was also up 2.7%.
Losers today included Richina Pacific down 9.09%, OceanaGold Corporation down 6.25%, Solution Dynamics down 4.76%, Skellerup Holdings down 4.04% and Mowbray Collectables down 3.85%.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 28.6 points, or 0.6%, to 4722.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 30.1 points, or 0.63%, to 4769.7.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 141.51 points, or 1.30%, to 11,059.02.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 27.99 points, or 1.28%, to 2,207.90
while the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index added 20.90 points, 1.75%,
to close of 1,213.60.
NZ Top 50 | 3,269.930 | +42.626 (+1.32%) |
ASX 200 | 4,722.200 | -28.600 (-0.60%) |
Dow | 11,059.02 | +141.51 (+1.30%) |
Nasdaq | 2,207.90 | +27.99 (+1.28%) |
FTSE 100 | 5,083.40 | -120.80 (-2.32%) |
AIA | 2.02 | +0.02 | ![]() |
AIR | 1.04 | -0.04 | ![]() |
AMP | 8.21 | -0.94 | ![]() |
ANZ | 19.60 | -0.74 | ![]() |
APN | 3.99 | 0.00 | ![]() |
APT | 1.07 | -0.02 | ![]() |
CAV | 2.80 | -0.16 | ![]() |
CEN | 8.70 | -0.20 | ![]() |
EBO | 4.60 | -0.15 | ![]() |
FBU | 7.07 | -0.29 | ![]() |
FPA | 1.72 | -0.05 | ![]() |
FPH | 3.08 | -0.08 | ![]() |
FRE | 3.26 | -0.09 | ![]() |
GFF | 1.72 | -0.03 | ![]() |
GMT | 1.18 | 0.00 | ![]() |
GPG | 1.23 | -0.04 | ![]() |
HLG | 2.86 | -0.10 | ![]() |
IFT | 2.08 | -0.07 | ![]() |
IMP | 1.15 | +0.01 | ![]() |
ING | 0.70 | -0.03 | ![]() |
KIP | 1.17 | -0.01 | ![]() |
LNN | 10.90 | 0.00 | ![]() |
MFT | 6.90 | -0.15 | ![]() |
MHI | 0.82 | -0.04 | ![]() |
MVN | 1.63 | -0.03 | ![]() |
NPX | 6.21 | -0.18 | ![]() |
NZO | 1.45 | -0.07 | ![]() |
NZR | 6.60 | -0.06 | ![]() |
NZS | 1.47 | -0.03 | ![]() |
NZX | 6.74 | -0.10 | ![]() |
PFI | 1.16 | 0.00 | ![]() |
PGW | 2.25 | -0.20 | ![]() |
POT | 6.75 | -0.15 | ![]() |
PPL | 1.49 | -0.03 | ![]() |
PRC | 1.63 | -0.12 | ![]() |
RAK | 2.68 | -0.07 | ![]() |
RYM | 1.78 | -0.14 | ![]() |
SAN | 5.60 | -0.25 | ![]() |
SKC | 3.57 | -0.08 | ![]() |
SKL | 0.99 | 0.00 | ![]() |
SKT | 4.50 | -0.07 | ![]() |
STU | 3.38 | -0.13 | ![]() |
TEL | 2.80 | -0.13 | ![]() |
THL | 1.30 | -0.10 | ![]() |
TLS | 5.04 | -0.14 | ![]() |
TPW | 8.20 | -0.05 | ![]() |
TWR | 1.98 | -0.12 | ![]() |
VCT | 2.19 | -0.04 | ![]() |
WBC | 27.45 | -0.68 | ![]() |
WHS | 3.25 | -0.05 | ![]() |
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