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Headliner NZX Market Report 16.3.26
The NZ sharemarket opened the new week cautiously given the uncertainty on global markets. Yet, as noted by leading brokerage firms, company leaders were talking more optimistically about improving conditions in the interim financial report season. The...
Fonterra CEO to step down
16.3.26 Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd has today announced that Chief Executive Officer Miles Hurrell has resigned. Chair Peter McBride says that after a 25-year career with Fonterra, including eight years as CEO, Miles has decided that the time is right for him to...
Taiko retracts recent release
Following a discussion with the NZX’s NZRegCo, and a grading halt imposed by NZRegCo, Tāiko Critical Minerals this morning retracted an announcement made on 11.3.26 referring to a Financial Model Report that TCM had received on that date for its Barrytown Minerals...
MARKETWEEK: Dividend flow will cushion NZ investors
Briscoe Greoup's revenue score is remarkable WARREN HEAD New Zealand equity investors have for the most part held their breath and hope to be breathing out next week – should there be a halt in the hostilities in the Middle East but this is not likely to be a...
Headliner NZX Market Report 13.3.26
New Zealand equities clung to a modest dip in share prices today against a darkening background of Wall Street induces sliding as hopes of a cessation in attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz faded. Morningstar noted that Iran’s new leader is pledging to...
Headliner NZX Market Report 11.3.26
New Zealand’s NZX market pushed the throttle today and added another 158.62 points onto the NZX50 at 12,293.13 in a show of support for a market that came through the recent interim report season in strong form overall. The talk then from company leaders was of a...
Record sales by Briscoe in tough year
National retailer Briscoe Group has posted a net profit after tax of $59.2 million for the year ending 25.1.26, just below the $60.6m reported for the previous year Group chair Dame Rosanne Meo said, “Delivering record sales and a solid financial result reflects the...
Headliner NZX Market Report 10.3.26
Lower oil prices and soothing words from the White House helped to stabilise equity markets today. In New Zealand the NZX50 closed only 4,40 points lower at 13,094.37 – holding the 13,000 line – after a pan-markets recovery in New York overnight. The Dow jones...
Interest rates push upwards
10..3.26 Global interest rates have pushed higher in response to the attacks on Iran Markets are interpreting the developments as an inflationary supply shock,” says Stuart Ritson, senior fixed interest strategist at BNZ Markets. “The dominant concern is oil-driven...
Soaring jet fuel costs ground Air NZ guidance
10.3.26 Unprecedented volatility in global jet fuel markets following the recent escalation of conflict in the Middle East, has seen Air New Zealand suspend the earnings guidance it issued on just days ago. On February 26 Air New Zealand provided qualitative guidance...
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Headliner NZX Market Report 16.3.26
The NZ sharemarket opened the new week cautiously given the uncertainty on global markets....
Headliner NZX Market Report 13.3.26
New Zealand equities clung to a modest dip in share prices today against a darkening...
Headliner NZX Market Report 11.3.26
New Zealand’s NZX market pushed the throttle today and added another 158.62 points onto the NZX50...
Headliner NZX Market Report 10.3.26
Lower oil prices and soothing words from the White House helped to stabilise equity markets today....
Headliner NZX Market Report 9.3.26
The risks of a prolonged battle over the future of Iran spilled over to equity markets in...
Headliner NZX Market Report 6.3.26
US share prices dropped so sharply overnight that by the end of the day futures markets...
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Headliner NZX Market Report 11.3.26
New Zealand’s NZX market pushed the throttle today and added another 158.62 points onto the NZX50...
Markets reacting to Iranian crisis
Financial and commodity markets are reacting to the fast-escalating regional conflict in the...
Headliner NZX Market Report 3.3.26
There was a small slate of decliners on NZX today as the market swept upwards despite...
Markets reacting to Iranian crisis
Financial and commodity markets are reacting to the fast-escalating regional conflict in the...
Magnitude of economic impacts ‘far from clear’
The Iranian capital Tehran 2.3.26 The financial market and international affairs commentators were...
Cash Rate steady on 2.25%
With the economy at an early stage in its recovery, the Reserve Bank decided to hold the Official...
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...
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