Monday 22nd September 2008 |
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The sharemarket surged upwards today with the NZSE50 up 2.15% to end the day at 3,255.
Top stock Telecom gained 3.7%, Fletcher Building increased 4.9%, and Contact Energy was up 1.5%.
The retail sector was mixed with The Warehouse Group rising 1.0% and Pumpkin Patch advanced 1.4%. But Hallenstein Glasson fell 1.1% and Michael Hill closed unchanged.
Todays biggest gains were Postie Plus Group up 16.67%, Botry-Zen up 15%, L & M Petroleum up 11.11%, AMP up 10.96%, OceanaGold up 10%, Pan Pacific Petroleum up 8% and Sky Network Television jumped 3.6%.
Shares to decline today were Investment Research Group down 28.57%, ProvencoCadmus down 11.76%, BLIS Technologies down 9.09%, Austral Pacific Energy down 7.89% and Sealegs Corporation down 2.63%.
Banks had a stella day with ANZ surging 8.3% and Westpac gaining 4.8%.
Dorchester Finance, a unit of Dorchester Pacific, announced it has suspended interest payments after agreeing to changes to its plans to defer repayments. Dorchester Pacific closed down 25% today.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 rose 216.4 points, or 4.5%, to close at 5020.5
points, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 209.4 points, or 4.3%, to 5050.1.
The Dow rose 368.75, or 3.35%, to 11,388.44.
The S&P 500 index rose 48.57, or 4.03%, to 1,255.08, and the Nasdaq composite
index rose 74.80, or 3.40%, to 2,273.90.
NZ Top 50 | 3,255.715 | +68.587 (+2.15%) |
ASX 200 | 5,020.500 | +216.400 (+4.50%) |
Dow | 11,388.44 | +368.75 (+3.35%) |
Nasdaq | 2,273.90 | +74.80 (+3.40%) |
FTSE 100 | 5,311.30 | +431.30 (+8.84%) |
AIA | 2.06 | +0.04 | ![]() |
AIR | 1.08 | +0.02 | ![]() |
AMP | 9.00 | +0.89 | ![]() |
ANZ | 22.75 | +1.75 | ![]() |
APN | 3.85 | 0.00 | ![]() |
APT | 1.13 | +0.03 | ![]() |
CAV | 2.73 | +0.08 | ![]() |
CEN | 8.70 | +0.13 | ![]() |
EBO | 4.45 | +0.10 | ![]() |
FBU | 7.32 | +0.34 | ![]() |
FPA | 1.71 | -0.01 | ![]() |
FPH | 3.09 | -0.07 | ![]() |
FRE | 3.40 | +0.06 | ![]() |
GFF | 1.77 | +0.06 | ![]() |
GMT | 1.21 | +0.03 | ![]() |
GPG | 1.25 | +0.02 | ![]() |
HLG | 2.62 | -0.03 | ![]() |
IFT | 2.11 | -0.04 | ![]() |
IMP | 1.12 | 0.00 | ![]() |
ING | 0.70 | +0.02 | ![]() |
KIP | 1.20 | 0.00 | ![]() |
LNN | 10.46 | -0.10 | ![]() |
MFT | 6.85 | +0.07 | ![]() |
MHI | 0.75 | 0.00 | ![]() |
MVN | 1.55 | +0.05 | ![]() |
NPX | 6.37 | +0.12 | ![]() |
NZO | 1.41 | +0.09 | ![]() |
NZR | 6.45 | -0.05 | ![]() |
NZS | 1.35 | -0.05 | ![]() |
NZX | 6.45 | +0.07 | ![]() |
PFI | 1.14 | 0.00 | ![]() |
PGW | 2.18 | +0.08 | ![]() |
POT | 6.50 | +0.06 | ![]() |
PPL | 1.42 | +0.02 | ![]() |
PRC | 1.57 | +0.05 | ![]() |
RAK | 2.50 | +0.04 | ![]() |
RYM | 1.64 | +0.03 | ![]() |
SAN | 5.63 | +0.13 | ![]() |
SKC | 3.53 | -0.02 | ![]() |
SKL | 0.85 | -0.01 | ![]() |
SKT | 4.64 | +0.16 | ![]() |
STU | 3.20 | +0.22 | ![]() |
TEL | 2.82 | +0.10 | ![]() |
THL | 1.30 | 0.00 | ![]() |
TLS | 5.01 | +0.16 | ![]() |
TPW | 8.10 | +0.08 | ![]() |
TWR | 1.84 | 0.00 | ![]() |
VCT | 2.20 | +0.06 | ![]() |
WBC | 29.50 | +1.35 | ![]() |
WHS | 3.15 | +0.03 | ![]() |
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