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Midcaps take centre stage on NZX
Dr Hartley Atkinson of AFT Pharmaceuticals 1.8.26 A stronger week for midcap stocks and a current pause on further interest rate increases helped the NZX market over the last week, despite a midweek bump aping Wall Street. At times July was a light month for market...
Headliner NZX Market Report 31.7.26
The New Zealand sharemarket was out of sync with other equity markets as it fell 63.50 on the NZX50 at 13,699.28 in thin trading that saw falls (39) almost match declines (44). The ASX All Ords rose to 9137.00 today, while overnight in the United States the various...
MIchael Hill has growth finish to FY26
31.7.26 Michael Hill International provided a trading update for the 52-week period ended 28.6.25, based on preliminary and unaudited numbers, that shows sales up in all markets. Group sales were $654.7m (FY25: $641.6m) delivering growth of +2.0% on LY (+3.9% on a...
T & G Global agrees T&G Fresh sale
T&G Global has agreed the sale of its T&G Fresh business, through three transactions with Bidfood The sale and purchase agreements are for T&G’s Fijian and Pacific Islands export businesses; with Pukekawa Holdings Ltd and Ashsadeep Co Ltd (or nominee) for...
Headliner NZX Market report 30.7.26
Wall Street worries spilled over into other markets today, including New Zealand, creating a bit of a sell-off. The Wall Street indices reflected (a) concern that the US Fed did not out up interest rates – leaving that to later (b) hyped up technology stocks...
Mainfreight trading update lifts shares
30.7.26 Mainfreight’s annual meeting received a solid briefing from management and managing director Don Braid today. Braid said there was a cautious improvement across all regions in the opening weeks of the FY27 year. “NZ Improving off the back of a difficult time...
Chairman succession at Freightways
Freightways Group announced Mark Cairns' intention to step down as director and chair of Freightways on July 3. Effective today, Mark Cairns announced his resignation from the board and the appointment of David Gibson, currently a director on the board, as chair. Mark...
Headliner NZX Market Report 28.7.26
The sharemarket can act in a quite contrarian way at times – today oil prices firmed up again as the US resumed a hot war but local equities were also running hot, all the way to a new record by the NZX50 Gross Index. The NZX50 jumped 114.74 points to attain...
Headliner NZX Market Report 28.7.26
Global markets are perplexed about whether the lull in the US-Iran military offensives is likely to last or once more dissolve into confusion. Meanwhile (a) the war has widened to two chokepoints (b) a ceasefire also favours Iran’s eastbound oil shipments (c) Western...
Blackpearl update shows rebalancing
Blackpearl Group has provided an update for the first quarter of FY27 (ended 30 June), showing new reporting measures. Blackpearl now reports against three key measures: growth (ARR), EBITDAF forecasting and technology advantage measurement, the latter two introduced...
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Headliner NZX Market Report 31.7.26
The New Zealand sharemarket was out of sync with other equity markets as it fell 63.50 on the...
Headliner NZX Market report 30.7.26
Wall Street worries spilled over into other markets today, including New Zealand, creating...
Headliner NZX Market Report 28.7.26
The sharemarket can act in a quite contrarian way at times – today oil prices firmed up...
Headliner NZX Market Report 28.7.26
Global markets are perplexed about whether the lull in the US-Iran military offensives is likely...
HEADLINER NZX Market Report 27.7.26
The NZX market made a solid start to the trading week, despite the weekend lift in local fuel...
HEADLINER NZX Market Report 24.7.26
There was an alarmed reaction by investors to higher oil prices following the Houthi...
Overseas Sharemarkets
Headliner NZX Market report 30.7.26
Wall Street worries spilled over into other markets today, including New Zealand, creating...
Headliner NZX Market Report 28.7.26
Global markets are perplexed about whether the lull in the US-Iran military offensives is likely...
HEADLINER NZX Market Report 24.7.26
There was an alarmed reaction by investors to higher oil prices following the Houthi...
CPI pushes up inflation rate
21.7.26 Consumer prices rose 1.5% in the June quarter, taking the annual inflation rate rise to...
Reserve Bank moves off ultra-low OCR
8.7.26 The Reserve Bank lifted the Official Cash Rate (OCR) 25bp to 2.50% today. The the decision...
Earlier resumption of upturn
6.7.26 It has been an uncertain time – and still is – but extremely high oil prices now look to be...
Beef and lamb prices driven by supply
27.6.26 Beef prices are rising again at the farmgate, after the briefest of seasonal lulls and...
GDP growth in economy in 3Q26
19.6.26 GDP figures confirm the economy had real momentum at the beginning of this year, Finance...
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