Wednesday 23rd July 2008 |
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The sharemarket surged upwards today with the NZSE50 up 1.84% to end the day at 3,201 following a decline in oil prices and a positive lead from Wall St.
Today's increases saw top stock Telecom surge 2.9%, while Contact Energy and Fletcher Building each added 0.6%.
In the retail sector Hallenstein Glasson surged 7.3%, Michael Hill rose 2.6% and The Warehouse Group edged up 0.3%. Pumpkin Patch closed unchanged.
Other major gainers included Air New Zealand 7.0%, AMP 3.5%, Lion Nathan 4.2%, Port of Tauranga 3.2%, SkyCity 2.7%, Skellerup 3.7%
Banks were stronger today with ANZ up 3.6% and Westpac Banking up 6.5%.
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare also gained 4.7%, Guiness Peat Group was up 2.3%, and Infratil and PGG Wrightson increased 2.0% each.
On the flip side, Goodman Fielder fell 1.8%, ING Property Trust dipped 1.2% and New Zealand Oil & Gas dropped 1.3%.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 99.7 points to close at 5105.3, with the four big banks all closing higher.
The Dow rose 135.16, or 1.18%, to 11,602.50 and the Standard & Poor's 500
index jumped 17, or 1.35%, to 1,277.00.
NZ Top 50 | 3,201.650 | +57.738 (+1.84%) |
ASX 200 | 5,105.300 | +99.700 (+1.99%) |
Dow | 11,602.50 | +135.16 (+1.18%) |
Nasdaq | 2,303.96 | +24.43 (+1.07%) |
FTSE 100 | 5,364.10 | -40.20 (-0.74%) |
NZX
TOP 50 |
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at: 23/07/2008 5:34pm |
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CODE |
LAST |
+/- |
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AIA |
1.81 | +0.03 |
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AIR |
1.23 | +0.08 |
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AMP |
8.61 | +0.29 |
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ANZ |
24.20 | +0.84 |
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APN |
4.17 | 0.00 |
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APT |
1.09 | +0.01 |
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CAV |
2.15 | +0.04 |
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CEN |
8.14 | +0.05 |
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EBO |
4.40 | 0.00 |
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FBU |
6.55 | +0.04 |
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FPA |
2.00 | +0.03 |
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FPH |
2.46 | +0.11 |
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FRE |
2.97 | +0.02 |
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GFF |
1.66 | -0.03 |
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GMT |
1.15 | +0.02 |
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GPG |
1.36 | +0.03 |
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HLG |
2.95 | +0.20 |
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IFT |
2.00 | +0.04 |
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IMP |
1.11 | +0.02 |
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ING |
0.82 | -0.01 |
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KIP |
1.15 | +0.02 |
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LNN |
11.30 | +0.46 |
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MFT |
6.40 | 0.00 |
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MHI |
0.78 | +0.02 |
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MVN |
1.55 | -0.03 |
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NPX |
5.35 | +0.10 |
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NZO |
1.54 | -0.02 |
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NZR |
6.70 | -0.03 |
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NZS |
1.75 | +0.03 |
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NZX |
7.00 | +0.05 |
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PFI |
1.15 | -0.02 |
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PGW |
2.50 | +0.05 |
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POT |
6.50 | +0.20 |
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PPL |
1.42 | 0.00 |
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PRC |
2.08 | +0.02 |
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RAK |
2.59 | +0.02 |
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RYM |
1.59 | 0.00 |
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SAN |
5.20 | +0.19 |
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SKC |
3.10 | +0.08 |
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SKL |
0.85 | +0.03 |
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SKT |
4.45 | +0.16 |
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STU |
2.60 | 0.00 |
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TEL |
3.50 | +0.10 |
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THL |
1.34 | 0.00 |
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TLS |
5.68 | +0.08 |
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TPW |
7.54 | +0.04 |
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TWR |
2.08 | +0.04 |
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VCT |
2.07 | +0.02 |
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WBC |
28.00 | +1.70 |
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WHS |
3.90 | +0.01 |
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