Monday 1st September 2008 |
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The sharemarket rose slightly today with the NZSE50 up 0.13% to end the day at 3,357.
Top stock Telecom closed down 1.2% after going ex-dividend today. Fletcher Building finished down 3.7% and Contact Energy closed flat.
In the retail sector, Hallenstein Glasson added 1.7% and The Warehouse Group increased 0.6%, while Pumpkin Patch and Michael Hill closed unchanged.
Other major gainers included Pacific Brands 11.3%, Dorchester Pacific up 11.11%, L & M Petroleum up 5.56%, Skellerup 4.4%, Cavalier 3.2%, Pike River Coal 3.2%, Rakon 3.93% and SkyCity Entertainment 3.3%.
On the downwards decline, BLIS Technologies 18.75%, Plus SMS down 10%, Wellington Drive Technologies down 9.09%, Vector 2.2%, and Air New Zealand 2.6%.
Northland Port which owns a half stake in the port facilities at Marsden Point near Whangarei, was up 4.23% today after reporting a 7.7% gain in full-year profit after an asset sale.
Dominion Finance Holdings, whose shares have lost almost 100% of their value, increased its provision for bad debts to NZ$80 million and will write off NZ$26.6 million of goodwill after failing to win support to recapitalise the business. Their shares closed unchanged today at 2.5 cents.
After four positive days, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 17.3 points, or 0.34%, to 5118.3. The broader All Ordinaries fell 15.5 points, or 0.3%, to 5200.
The Dow closed down 1.5% at 11,544, the Nasdaq lost 1.8% to 2,367and the broader
S&P 500 dropped 1.4% to finish at 1,282.
NZ Top 50 | 3,357.704 | +4.461 (+0.13%) |
ASX 200 | 5,118.300 | -17.300 (-0.34%) |
Dow | 11,543.55 | -171.63 (-1.47%) |
Nasdaq | 2,367.52 | -44.12 (-1.83%) |
FTSE 100 | 5,636.60 | +35.40 (+0.63%) |
AIA | 2.11 | -0.01 | ![]() |
AIR | 1.12 | -0.03 | ![]() |
AMP | 8.72 | +0.22 | ![]() |
ANZ | 20.25 | -0.05 | ![]() |
APN | 4.05 | 0.00 | ![]() |
APT | 1.05 | +0.01 | ![]() |
CAV | 2.90 | +0.09 | ![]() |
CEN | 8.36 | 0.00 | ![]() |
EBO | 4.95 | 0.00 | ![]() |
FBU | 7.20 | -0.28 | ![]() |
FPA | 1.77 | +0.01 | ![]() |
FPH | 3.16 | +0.01 | ![]() |
FRE | 3.40 | +0.04 | ![]() |
GFF | 1.85 | +0.05 | ![]() |
GMT | 1.14 | +0.01 | ![]() |
GPG | 1.39 | -0.02 | ![]() |
HLG | 2.95 | +0.05 | ![]() |
IFT | 2.33 | +0.03 | ![]() |
IMP | 1.08 | -0.01 | ![]() |
ING | 0.75 | -0.01 | ![]() |
KIP | 1.09 | -0.02 | ![]() |
LNN | 10.90 | +0.31 | ![]() |
MFT | 7.05 | -0.02 | ![]() |
MHI | 0.84 | 0.00 | ![]() |
MVN | 1.66 | 0.00 | ![]() |
NPX | 6.40 | 0.00 | ![]() |
NZO | 1.60 | +0.02 | ![]() |
NZR | 7.59 | +0.19 | ![]() |
NZS | 1.59 | 0.00 | ![]() |
NZX | 6.85 | -0.02 | ![]() |
PFI | 1.13 | +0.01 | ![]() |
PGW | 2.73 | -0.01 | ![]() |
POT | 7.10 | +0.08 | ![]() |
PPL | 1.59 | 0.00 | ![]() |
PRC | 1.95 | +0.06 | ![]() |
RAK | 2.91 | +0.11 | ![]() |
RYM | 1.70 | -0.02 | ![]() |
SAN | 6.00 | +0.08 | ![]() |
SKC | 3.72 | +0.12 | ![]() |
SKL | 0.94 | +0.04 | ![]() |
SKT | 4.93 | +0.08 | ![]() |
STU | 3.52 | +0.04 | ![]() |
TEL | 3.23 | +0.04 | ![]() |
THL | 1.49 | -0.02 | ![]() |
TLS | 5.30 | -0.02 | ![]() |
TPW | 7.90 | -0.01 | ![]() |
TWR | 2.22 | +0.01 | ![]() |
VCT | 2.27 | -0.05 | ![]() |
WBC | 28.75 | -0.16 | ![]() |
WHS | 3.37 | +0.02 | ![]() |
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