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Headliner NZX Market Report 3.8.26
The mood on NZX shifted again today, back to being slightly bullish. Global market investors taking their cues from Wall Street perhaps, or maybe a gold medal to the Silver Ferns turned sentiment around, but back the market came roaring. The NZX50 rose 75.65 points...
Briscoe holds firm in 1st half sales
3.8.26 Briscoe Group has announced unaudited sales for the 13-week second quarter ended 26 July of $193.4m, an increase of 0.25% on the $192.9m reported for the same period ended 27 July 2025. Group sales for the first half, comprising a 26-week period, were $374.2m,...
Expanding Vista Group has higher half-year
3.8.26 Vista Group International has announced its half year results for the six months ending 30 June 2026, delivering another strong performance marked by growing market share, accelerating cloud adoption, and upgraded full-year revenue guidance. Total revenue of...
Solid quarter from Third Age Health
3.8.26 Third Age Health has posted a strong first quarter with statutory net profit up 33.1% YoY to $865,000 and up 14.9% over 4Q26 (1Q26: $350,000). Group revenue was up 20.9% YoY to $6,082,000 for the quarter and up 3.8% over 4Q26 (1Q26: $5,031k, 4Q26: $5,858k) 1Q27...
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...
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Headliner NZX Market Report 3.8.26
The mood on NZX shifted again today, back to being slightly bullish. Global market investors...
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...
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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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