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Market Close: NZX 50 falls a second day, Warehouse drops

Tuesday 2nd December 2008

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New Zealand stocks fell, sending the NZX 50 Index lower for a second day, as concern about a deep global recession drove down equity markets worldwide.

The NZX 50 fell 31.78, or 1.2%, to 2651.14. Within the index, 29 stocks fell, 12 rose and nine were unchanged. Warehouse Group led shares lower, falling 6.7% to NZ$3.22. Skellerup Holdings fell 6.5% to 72 cents and Tourism Holdings fell 5.6% to 68 cents.

Stocks across Asia fell today on concern weakening economic growth will sap demand and erode corporate profits. The S&P/ASX 200 Index dropped 3.5% to 3552.9 in late afternoon trading, even after the central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 4.25%.

Woodside Petroleum and BHP Billiton were among commodity companies that fell as prices of raw materials and crude oil dropped. The Nikkei 225 Index fell about 5% to 7978.03 in mid-day trading.

“If you’ve got money and a long-term outlook you can still go for growth industries, there’s some wonderful bargains, but there’s too much pessimism about,” said Stephen Wright, private client adviser at ASB Securities.

Turnover was a paltry NZ$53 million, about half the average of more normal times, as volatility kept many investors out of the market.

Trading on the NZX slumped 25% last month as the global financial rout eroded demand for stocks, the exchange said in a statement today. The total value of trade fell 57% to NZ$1.4 billion in November from the same month of 2007 and the daily average traded dropped 53% to NZ$72 million.

New Zealand Oil & Gas fell 3.1% to NZ$1.26 as prospects of a prolonged global economic slump drove the price of crude oil to a three year low. Crude for January delivery dropped 1.7% to US$48.44 a barrel.

Telecom Corp. rose 0.4% to NZ$2.34 after the company scotched reports it has been approached by Pacnet with an offer of US$420 million for its AAPT unit in Australia.

The report is "purely speculative" and Telecom remains committed to AAPT, spokesman Mark Watts told BusinessWire.

Delegat’s Group rose 0.5% to NZ$2.01 after the winemaker that controls the Oyster Bay wine brand, said profit may rise 29% this year amid demand for its products in export markets. “The group continues to experience strong trading conditions,” managing director Jim Delegat told shareholders today.

(Businesswire.co.nz)

NZX Top 50
Last updated: 2/12/2008 5:09pm

AIA 1.64 -0.08
AIR 0.85 -0.02
AMP 6.40 +0.20
ANZ 17.10 -0.40
APN 3.15 +0.05
APT 0.98 +0.01
CAV 2.01 0.00
CEN 6.50 -0.20
EBO 4.15 -0.10
FBU 5.38 -0.17
FPA 1.40 +0.05
FPH 3.08 -0.01
FRE 2.89 -0.06
GFF 1.65 +0.11
GMT 1.05 -0.01
GPG 0.95 +0.02
HLG 2.19 -0.06
IFT 1.73 +0.01
IMP 1.06 0.00
ING 0.65 -0.01
KIP 1.02 -0.01
LNN 10.50 +0.25
MFT 4.70 -0.10
MHI 0.58 0.00
MVN 1.30 0.00
NPX 3.52 -0.13
NZO 1.26 -0.04
NZR 6.30 -0.02
NZS 0.87 -0.01
NZX 5.55 -0.10
PFI 1.01 +0.01
PGW 1.60 +0.03
POT 5.80 -0.10
PPL 1.11 -0.02
PRC 0.98 0.00
RAK 1.46 -0.03
RYM 1.46 0.00
SAN 5.20 -0.10
SKC 2.99 -0.04
SKL 0.72 -0.05
SKT 3.22 -0.08
STU 2.76 0.00
TEL 2.34 +0.01
THL 0.68 -0.04
TLS 5.00 0.00
TPW 6.95 +0.15
TWR 1.47 -0.03
VCT 2.00 0.00
WBC 20.10 -1.10
WHS 3.22 -0.23

 



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