Market close: Shares close lower

Tuesday 23rd September 2008

The sharemarket fell slightly today with the NZSE50 down -0.85% to end the day at 3,228.

Top stock Telecom slipped 0.7%, Contact Energy dropped 1.2%, and Fletcher Building lost 0.3%.

Retailers were mixed. Hallenstein Glasson increased 3.1%, but Pumpkin Patch dropped 4.2% and The Warehouse Group lost 0.3%. Michael Hill closed unchanged.

Other major losers included New Image Group down 13.33%, Barramundi down 12.12%, Wellington Drive Technologies down 6.45%, Postie Plus Group down 5.71%, Air New Zealand 4.6%, PGG Wrightson 3.7%, Pike River Coal 3.2%, Sky Network Television 3.0% and Steel & Tube Holdings 2.5%.

Top gainers included Plus SMS Holdings up 16.67%, Renaissance Corporation up 12%, Rubicon up 4.30%, Scott Technology up 3.08%, Skellerup Holdings 2.4%, and ING Property Trust 2.9%.

At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 97 points, or 1.9%, lower at 4923.5, while the broader All Ordinaries lost 92.4 points, or 1.8%, to 4957.7.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 372.75 points, or 3.27%, to 11,015.69.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index shed 47.99 points, or 3.82%, to a close of 1,207.09, while the Nasdaq composite lost 94.92 points, or 4.17%, to 2,178.98.

NZ Top 50	3,228.189	-27.526 (-0.85%)
ASX 200	4,923.500	-97.000 (-1.93%)
Dow	11,015.69	-372.75 (-3.27%)
Nasdaq	2,178.98	-94.92 (4.17%)
FTSE 100	5,151.24	-85.02 (-1.62%)

AIA	2.04	-0.02
AIR	1.04	-0.04
AMP	8.48	-0.52
ANZ	22.28	-0.47
APN	3.85	0.00
APT	1.13	0.00
CAV	2.75	+0.02
CEN	8.58	-0.12
EBO	4.42	-0.03
FBU	7.30	-0.02
FPA	1.69	-0.02
FPH	3.01	-0.08
FRE	3.36	-0.04
GFF	1.72	-0.05
GMT	1.20	-0.01
GPG	1.23	-0.02
HLG	2.70	+0.08
IFT	2.10	-0.01
IMP	1.12	0.00
ING	0.72	+0.02
KIP	1.22	+0.02
LNN	10.50	+0.04
MFT	6.80	-0.05
MHI	0.78	+0.03
MVN	1.55	0.00
NPX	6.20	-0.17
NZO	1.41	0.00
NZR	6.50	+0.05
NZS	1.35	0.00
NZX	6.45	0.00
PFI	1.13	-0.01
PGW	2.12	-0.06
POT	6.50	0.00
PPL	1.36	-0.06
PRC	1.54	-0.03
RAK	2.47	-0.03
RYM	1.69	+0.05
SAN	5.63	0.00
SKC	3.49	-0.04
SKL	0.86	+0.01
SKT	4.50	-0.14
STU	3.12	-0.08
TEL	2.79	-0.03
THL	1.30	0.00
TLS	5.01	0.00
TPW	8.00	-0.10
TWR	1.83	-0.01
VCT	2.19	-0.01
WBC	29.60	+0.10
WHS	3.13	-0.02

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