Friday 29th August 2008 |
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Top stock Telecom edged up 0.3% and Contact Energy added 0.1%, while Fletcher Building jumped 2.5%.
In the retail sector, The Warehouse Group had a slightly positive day, advancing 0.9%. Hallenstein Glasson closed unchanged, but Michel Hill lost 4.6% and Pumpkin Patch gave back 3.1%.
Other major gainers included L & M Petroleum up 12.5%, Hellaby Holdings 7.95%, Auckland International Airport 2.9%, AMP 3.7%, ANZ 3.3%, APN News & Media 4.9%, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare 3.3%, Goodman Fielder 2.3%, Sky Network Television 2.8%, and Steel & Tube Holdings 3.0%.
Among top losers, Dorchester Pacific dropped 40%, NZX slumped 5.0%, ING Medical Properties dipped 3.5%, and Air New Zealand gave away 2.5%, Ryman Healthcare lost 2.3%, Rakon dropped 2.4% and Mainfreight declined 2.1%.
Financials were on the rise, with ANZ up 3.31% and Westpac up 1.44%.
New Zealand's only listed carpet-maker Cavalier, gained 2.18% today, after it lifted annual profit by 17% as it acquired a business and sold more carpet tiles. Sales rose 22% to NZ$250 million.
New Zealand Oil & Gas dropped 2.47% today after announcing its full-year
profit soared as production from the Tui oil field allowed it to benefit from
rising global crude oil prices. As a result, the company will pay an extra dividend.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 69.1 points, or 1.4%, to 5,135.6,
while the broader All Ordinaries Index advanced
72.2 points, or 1.4%, to 5,215.5.
NZ Top 50 | 3,353.243 | +28.447 (+0.86%) |
ASX 200 | 5,135.600 | +69.100 (+1.36%) |
Dow | 11,715.18 | +212.67 (+1.85%) |
Nasdaq | 2,411.64 | +29.18 (+1.22%) |
FTSE 100 | 5,601.20 | +73.10 (+1.32%) |
AIA | 2.12 | +0.06 | |
AIR | 1.15 | -0.03 | |
AMP | 8.50 | +0.30 | |
ANZ | 20.30 | +0.65 | |
APN | 4.05 | +0.19 | |
APT | 1.04 | -0.01 | |
CAV | 2.81 | +0.06 | |
CEN | 8.36 | +0.01 | |
EBO | 4.95 | 0.00 | |
FBU | 7.48 | +0.18 | |
FPA | 1.76 | 0.00 | |
FPH | 3.15 | +0.10 | |
FRE | 3.36 | +0.01 | |
GFF | 1.80 | +0.04 | |
GMT | 1.13 | 0.00 | |
GPG | 1.41 | +0.02 | |
HLG | 2.90 | 0.00 | |
IFT | 2.30 | +0.07 | |
IMP | 1.09 | -0.04 | |
ING | 0.76 | -0.01 | |
KIP | 1.11 | -0.01 | |
LNN | 10.59 | -0.25 | |
MFT | 7.07 | -0.15 | |
MHI | 0.84 | -0.04 | |
MVN | 1.66 | 0.00 | |
NPX | 6.40 | 0.00 | |
NZO | 1.58 | -0.04 | |
NZR | 7.40 | +0.20 | |
NZS | 1.59 | 0.00 | |
NZX | 6.87 | -0.36 | |
PFI | 1.12 | -0.02 | |
PGW | 2.74 | -0.01 | |
POT | 7.02 | -0.13 | |
PPL | 1.59 | -0.05 | |
PRC | 1.89 | 0.00 | |
RAK | 2.80 | -0.07 | |
RYM | 1.72 | -0.04 | |
SAN | 5.92 | -0.08 | |
SKC | 3.60 | +0.04 | |
SKL | 0.90 | +0.01 | |
SKT | 4.85 | +0.13 | |
STU | 3.48 | +0.10 | |
TEL | 3.27 | +0.01 | |
THL | 1.51 | +0.02 | |
TLS | 5.49 | +0.09 | |
TPW | 7.91 | -0.04 | |
TWR | 2.21 | -0.04 | |
VCT | 2.32 | +0.03 | |
WBC | 28.91 | +0.41 | |
WHS | 3.35 | +0.03 |
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