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Pivotal meeting at Reserve Bank
17.2.26 Wednesday’s Monetary Policy Statement from the Reserve Bank will be pivotal – even though it is extremely unlikely there will be any change to the OCR, comments Nick Tuffley., chief economist at ASB Bank “It’s the big switch in the narrative in a short space...
Headliner Market Report 17.2.26
The slow descent in value of NZX securities continued today with a further 86.29 erased from the NZX 50 Gross index at 13,031.61. The market may be worrying more about the now general assumption that the official cash rate are going no lower. The Reserve Bank...
Support for Santana’s $130m raise
17.2.26 Santana Minerals has received firm commitments from institutional and sophisticated investors to raise A$130 million via a placement of approximately 144.4 million fully paid ordinary shares in Santana, at $0.90 per New Share. The funds raised pursuant to the...
Company results lift ASX
The ASX 200 started the week on firmer footing, eking out a modest gain of 0.2%, notes Devon Funds. “Heavy selling in Miners (-1.0%) and some profit taking in Banks (-0.2%) was largely balanced by a sharp rebound in Tech (+5.7%) and a number of strong company results....
Marlin Global misses market
17.2.26 NZX-listed investment company Marlin Global has announced a net operating profit after tax of $6.5m for the six-month period ended 31.12.25 that is down 20% on the pcp. Revenue was $9.35m, -17%. Key elements of the half year result include profits on...
Contact completes $450m placement
17.2.26 Contact Energy has successfully completed the bookbuild for the fully underwritten $450 million placement of ordinary shares as part of its NZ$525 million equity raise announced yesterday 16.2.26 “The placement was strongly supported by existing...
Headliner Market Report 16.2.26
The bounce in share price of two of the three major companies reporting interim results today could not compensate for a continuation of the sharp drift lower seen on markets at the end of last week. The NZ50 index slid a further 80.27 points to 13,117.91 on NZX...
Strong half year for a2 Milk
The a2 Milk Company has opened a heavy week of interim results with a flourish by reporting strong first half financial and operational results and upgrading FY26 full year guidance Revenue was up 18.8% to $993.5 million, driven by strong performance across all...
MARKETWEEK: Poised for a torrent of market interims.
South Port result will register improved NZAS 14-15.2. 2026 The December interim report season holds the key to the direction of investor portfolios in the short-term. The report season for some 60 companies listed on NZX is just getting under way and will also...
Headliner Market Report 13.2.26
Friday the 13th was more of a ‘red ink’ day that the proverbial black- only 19 stocks on NZX made any headway, the rest mired in another mini sell-off. The NZX50 crunched 265 points downwards in a fall of 2.46%.It could be assumed that the equity market is...
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Headliner Market Report 17.2.26
The slow descent in value of NZX securities continued today with a further 86.29 erased...
Headliner Market Report 16.2.26
The bounce in share price of two of the three major companies reporting interim results today...
Headliner Market Report 13.2.26
Friday the 13th was more of a ‘red ink’ day that the proverbial black- only 19 stocks on...
Headliner Market Report 12.2.26
The early reports in the current half-yearly results season continued to come to the...
Headliner NZX Market Report 11.2.26
Major stocks sold off on NZX today but the market kept the overall impact to only a...
Headliner NZX Market Report 10.2.26
A global rally in equity markets also lifted the New Zealand and Australian stock exchanges...
Overseas Sharemarkets
Headliner NZX Market Report 11.2.26
Major stocks sold off on NZX today but the market kept the overall impact to only a...
Wild swings in gold and silver
3.2.26 In overnight trading, gold and silver fell to fresh lows before showing decent bounces and...
Headliner NZX Market Report 15.1.26
A soggy day across the country was replicated on NZX, with the NZX50 index slipping 97.92...
Flat month in US retail
11/2/26 Softer than expected US retail sales supported the case for Fed rate cuts which...
Fletcher exiting construction sector
20.1.26 Fletcher Building made the stunning announcement today that it Is getting out of...
Employment confidence has small lift
Employment confidence rose by 3.9 points to 93.8 in the December quarter, according to the...
MARKETWEEK: 2026 may produce more of a canter
3.1.126 // Warren Head // __ During a demanding 2025 when the mediocre pace of economic...
Gold mine project at Waihi North consented
OceanaGold’s major mining project, Waihi North, was consented through the fast –track process to...
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