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Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... Seoul edged up 0.47 per cent, or 9.70 points, to 2,072.86. WELLINGTON - A strong gain by leading stock Fisher & Paykel Healthcare has helped the New Zealand sharemarket's benchmark index close slightly higher. The NZX 50 Index rose 6.735 points, or 0.1 ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... or 30.12 points, to close at 27,424.19. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares have closed higher, led by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare after its annual results beat forecasts. The NZX 50 Index rose 67.31 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 5,844.95 on Friday.

Bargain hunters push shares higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... gained 65 cents to $56.68, while Fortescue Metals was down one cent at $2.06. Some of the strongest gains came in the healthcare sector, with CSL up $1.94 at $91.62 and Cochlear up $4.73 to $89.10. James Hardie was another strong performer, adding $1.34 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... York-based BlackRock Inc, told Bloomberg TV. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket has closed lower, with Fisher & Paykel Healthcare feeling the ill-effects of a healthcare stock's dive in Australia. The NZX 50 Index fell 13.355 points, or 0.2 per ...

HSBC pitches low vol strategy to instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... yields have driven some investors towards more stable stocks that tend to behave like bonds, such as consumer staples or healthcare. This has driven valuations up for low volatility stocks. However, "when volatility comes back those investors will go ...

Global finance, resources key to diversification

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... create opportunity for strategies investing in low valuations, Hodges said. While sectors such as consumer staples and healthcare currently have high valuations, Barrow Hanley has identified other sectors that are undervalued. "The mining sector has ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... Firmer commodity prices had boosted some mining stocks, while a stronger Australian dollar had been a negative for some healthcare stocks, OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said. "The pricing out of a Reserve Bank of Australia rate cut appears ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... the three months to March. The banking and retail sectors were weaker, Telstra was down 1.5 cents at $6.235, while healthcare was stronger. Commonwealth Bank had dropped 12 cents to $91.00, National Australian Bank was down 37 cents at $37.74, ANZ had ...

JPM appoints Goldman Sachs managing director

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... management experience leading industry teams across the telecommunications, media and technology, consumer and retail, healthcare and financial sponsor sectors to the firm. The appointment follows that of Simon Ranson as vice chairman of global investment ...

Future Fund appoints board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... Wilson is currently a member of the Prime Minister's Business Advisory Council and an independent director of Sonic Healthcare. Their appointments will last for five years from April 14. Kay and Wilson will take over the positions on the board held by ...