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MARKETWEEK: Company updates prove encouraging

Residential construction consents soar notes Fletcher but work slow to start 24.11.26    ///                               Warren Head                                 /// A flurry of annual meetings...
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MARKETWEEK: Level track for equity market

    17.10.26 //   Warren Head  //   There is an odd parallel at play on the national sharemarket this week, where after a light newsflow of a financial flavour the NZX50 index is...
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MARKETWEEK: Blue chips pull market higher

10.10.26 Warren Head Sharply higher oil prices and the resultant inflation pressures they cause have been providing a robust platform for increased yields on medium to longer bonds in several...
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Rural leader bolsters economic bounce

27.9.26 Warren Head The airwaves may be saturated with political polls pulling this way and that as the march to the November election shortens but it was milk that provided an antidote this week....
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Marketweek: NZ economy picking up a gear

19.9.26 WARREN HEAD   New Zealand’s equity investors are beginning to see the spring upturn in share prices being sustained after a positive tone to the recent results season, a cautious start...
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MARKETWEEK: A choppy course for the NZX

    Warren Head Equity markets are experiencing a choppy ride towards to 4th quarter 2026 as a mixture of impediments block the route. The NZX50 gross index ended the trading week in a...
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MARKETWEEK: Spring step in equity investors

5.9.26 Warren Head Equity investors on the NZ market have had a profitable first week of Spring. The NZX50 Gross Index has closed for the week at 13,974.18 up 206 points on the week prior. The ASX...
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MARKETWEEK:   Cost cutting a salient feature on NZX

30.8.26    //                                                        Warren Head Sharemarket investors making a judgement call on future prospects have been endeavouring to shake off the torpor of...
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MARKETWEEK: Equity market watchful as Election looms.

Queenstown  Warren Head Investors are defiantly keeping the New Zealand sharemarket ticking over at an elevated level despite mixed performances in the current NZX results season and intensified...
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MARKETWEEK: Different reactions to jobs data

  Warren Head The New Zealand market has stopped trying to second guess the direction of oil geopolitics and prices but continues to track in the shadow of Wall Street markets. At this stage of...
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Trading was fairly mixed on the NZ sharemarket today. On NZX today the NZX50 gained 63.19 at 13,783.45. There were 29 gainers and 45 decliners. The negative economic news of the day was data confirming a rise in the unemployment level to 5.7%. In Australia the ASX All...

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4.11.26 Singapore incorporated Navaa Holdings Pte Ltd has made an initial investment of $3m into NZX-listed Wasteco as it builds towards securing a 560.01% stake in the New Year. WasteCo advised NZX today that it has issued 287,714,754 new shares in WasteCo to Navaa...

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The NZ sharemarket made headway today with the NZX50 rising 21.63 points to 13,720.26. In Australia the ASX All Ords firmed 31.70 points to 9008.90 although dual listed ANZ Bank shares lost 50c to NZ$50.00. In the United States market were mixed as the crucial...

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  The NZ market opened the new trading week – the last before the general Election – on a fairly passive not. The NZX50 fell 98.37 at 13,698.63. Voters have already turned out strongly in advance voting around the country, but there was voter confusion over the...

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Solid level year for Westpac

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  2.11.26 Westpac has reported a solid financial result for FY26, with net interest incomes level at $19.69bn (FY25 $19.47bn). Net profit, excluding notable Items, was broadly unchanged at $7.0 bn while pre-provision profit increased 4% to $10.9 bn and net profit...

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The New Zealand sharemarket closed the shortened trading week with a flurry of month end activity, with value traded rising to $160.4m and 34.37 million shares traded. The NZX50 ended the week with a Friday rise of 86 points to 13,747.00. In Australia the ASX All Ords...

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