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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... New Zealand shares rose, with the NZX 50 Index nearing its five-year high, as investors took heart in progress with Christchurch's rebuild and a hot Auckland property market in driving Fletcher Building to the highest in 16 months. The NZX 50 rose 18.16 ...

NZ Super fund breaks $20bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... positions, most notably a USD$100 million investment in a Chinese infrastructure fund, the purchase of a 1/3 share in Christchurch-headquartered Scales Corporation, and additions to its portfolio of local dairy farms, now worth $110 million. Gavin Walker ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... climbed to a four-month high on speculation its earnings will recover from their current slump as the rebuild of Christchurch drives construction activity. The NZX 50 Index rose 21.39 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 3348.13. Within the index, 27 stocks rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... 0.40 per cent, or 12.97 points, at 3294.64. Fletcher Building, which is leading rebuilding efforts in earthquake-hit Christchurch, rose 2.2 per cent to NZ$5.54 after the central bank said the final bill from the disaster would approach NZ$30 billion ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... in the country and supply chains around the world in the first quarter of the year. And of course, there were the Christchurch earthquake and the floods and cyclones in Australia. I was wrong! These events prevented continued expansion in the world economy. ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... and fear of contagion; weaker-than-expected US growth statistics; Japan's earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crisis; the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand and political tensions in the Middle East and North Africa. Troubling issues and events at home included ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... Insurance Australia Group (IAG) maintained guidance of an insurance margin of 8-10 per cent for 2010/11, after saying the Christchurch earthquake earlier in June would cost up to $65 million in net insurance claims. IAG was steady $3.38, while the insurer's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... 29.5 cents. The dual-listed Air New Zealand, which did not cancel any services but faced some disruptions due to the Christchurch earthquake on Monday, was up 2.5 cents, or 3.2 per cent, at 81.5 cents. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,518.50 ...

The seventh week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... that would stunt growth from 2013. Add to these, the aftershocks to the aftershock that again wreaked destruction in Christchurch and the disruptions to Australian, New Zealand and South American flights caused by the ash cloud from the eruption of Chile's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... NZX50 index fell nearly 14 points, but recorded its biggest fall in the first half hour of trading, two hours before Christchurch was slammed by more big aftershocks of earlier earthquakes. The NZX50 finished at 3,476.684 points, down 13.942 points (0.4 ...