Friday 19th September 2008 |
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The sharemarket rose slightly today with the NZSE50 up 0.89% to end the day at 3,187.
Top stock Telecom lost 0.4% and the second-ranked Contact Energy declined 0.5%, while the third best stock Fletcher Building was up 0.4%.
The retail sector was mixed with The Warehouse Group climbing 1.6% and Pumpkin Patch gaining 2.2%. Meanwhile Hallenstein Glasson dropped 5.0% and Michael Hill closed unchanged.
Other major gainers included Botry-Zen was up 25%, ANZ was up 16.34%, ProvencoCadmus and Glass Earth Gold were both up 13.33%, Life Pharmacy was up 11.11%, AMP up 9.80%, Westpac was up 9.11%.
On the flip side, the biggest decliners were BLIS Technologies down 8.33%, Skellerup Holdings down 4.44%, NZ Windfarms down 2.11% and Steel & Tube Holdings down 1.91%.
Today Dairy Trust, 44% owned by meat processor AFFCO Holdings, succeeded in its takeover offer for Open Country Cheese Co.
Dorchester Pacific, whose shares have tumbled 96% this year, said today it has delayed its annual meeting while it tries to finalise a schedule of deferred repayments to investors.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 198.2 points, or 4.3%, to 4805.5.
The broader All Ordinaries had swelled 193.2 points, or 4.15%, to 4845.1.
The Dow Jones soared 410.03, or 3.86%, to 11,019.69, surging 560 points from
its low of the day, 10,459.44.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 50.12, or 4.33%, to 1,206.51, and the
Nasdaq composite index advanced 100.25, or 4.78%, to 2,199.10.
NZ Top 50 | 3,187.128 | +28.208 (+0.89%) |
ASX 200 | 4,805.500 | +198.200 (+4.30%) |
Dow | 11,019.69 | +410.03 (+3.86%) |
Nasdaq | 2,199.10 | +100.25 (+4.78%) |
FTSE 100 | 4,880.00 | -32.40 (-0.66%) |
AIA | 2.02 | -0.02 | ![]() |
AIR | 1.06 | +0.01 | ![]() |
AMP | 8.40 | +0.75 | ![]() |
ANZ | 21.00 | +2.95 | ![]() |
APN | 3.85 | 0.00 | ![]() |
APT | 1.10 | +0.03 | ![]() |
CAV | 2.65 | +0.07 | ![]() |
CEN | 8.57 | -0.04 | ![]() |
EBO | 4.35 | +0.07 | ![]() |
FBU | 6.98 | +0.03 | ![]() |
FPA | 1.72 | +0.02 | ![]() |
FPH | 3.16 | +0.08 | ![]() |
FRE | 3.34 | +0.04 | ![]() |
GFF | 1.71 | +0.02 | ![]() |
GMT | 1.18 | -0.01 | ![]() |
GPG | 1.23 | +0.03 | ![]() |
HLG | 2.65 | -0.14 | ![]() |
IFT | 2.15 | +0.03 | ![]() |
IMP | 1.12 | 0.00 | ![]() |
ING | 0.68 | 0.00 | ![]() |
KIP | 1.20 | +0.01 | ![]() |
LNN | 10.56 | +0.08 | ![]() |
MFT | 6.78 | +0.12 | ![]() |
MHI | 0.75 | 0.00 | ![]() |
MVN | 1.50 | +0.05 | ![]() |
NPX | 6.25 | +0.09 | ![]() |
NZO | 1.37 | 0.00 | ![]() |
NZR | 6.50 | +0.15 | ![]() |
NZS | 1.40 | 0.00 | ![]() |
NZX | 6.38 | +0.13 | ![]() |
PFI | 1.14 | +0.03 | ![]() |
PGW | 2.10 | +0.10 | ![]() |
POT | 6.60 | -0.05 | ![]() |
PPL | 1.40 | +0.03 | ![]() |
PRC | 1.52 | +0.08 | ![]() |
RAK | 2.46 | +0.03 | ![]() |
RYM | 1.61 | +0.01 | ![]() |
SAN | 5.50 | +0.15 | ![]() |
SKC | 3.55 | +0.01 | ![]() |
SKL | 0.86 | -0.04 | ![]() |
SKT | 4.48 | 0.00 | ![]() |
STU | 3.08 | -0.06 | ![]() |
TEL | 2.72 | -0.01 | ![]() |
THL | 1.30 | +0.07 | ![]() |
TLS | 4.85 | +0.05 | ![]() |
TPW | 8.02 | +0.02 | ![]() |
TWR | 1.84 | +0.02 | ![]() |
VCT | 2.14 | +0.03 | ![]() |
WBC | 28.15 | +2.35 | ![]() |
WHS | 3.12 | +0.05 | ![]() |
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