MARKETWEEK: NZX market holds a tight trajectory

Lift-off for Artemis II    --- //    Warren Head   // The New Zealand sharemarket is running at a nice relaxed pace, not super quick nor super slow, and clearly not panicked by what may be an...

MARKETWEEK: Looking beyond the current crisis

28.3.26 WARREN HEAD The frequent flurries of uncertainty that are sweeping commodity, currency and equity markets will have the phones ringing in the offices of equity advisors and fund managers. No...

MARKETWEEK: Kiwi investors adopting a unflustered attitude

21.3.26 Warren Head   The first time I was gripped by petrol prices was when I ran my older brother’s car dry as a teenager; again in 1979, and during the Iraq War … but not since until this...

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...

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...

Equity markets twitchy on Middle East war

PICTURED; Jebel Ali container terminal in the UAE   //    WARREN HEAD Against a background of war breaking out between Israel and Iran, and supply chains tightened financial markets have been...

MARKETWEEK:Geopolitical events rear across markets

1.3.26  //      Warren Head    // Global markets closed off a volatile February’s trading with another drop in confidence by markets related to the tremendous diversion of capital into the expansion...

MARKETWEEK:  Market results lean into a turnaround

Auckland Airport Arrivals 21.2.26 //      Warren Head   At the end of a mixed week of corporate results, and an encouraging tone from the Reserve Bank, the NZX equity market brought improved...

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...

MARKETWEEK: Late rally carries the Dow to 50,000

It has been a bumpy ride to peak cycle   7.2.26   //   WARREN HEAD //  Weeks of equity markets being subjected to the uncertainty of ongoing geopolitical riddles, minerals and metals price...

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Stable situation in fuel stocks

6.4.26 Today’s fuel stocks update by MBIE showed that as of last Wednesday evening, there were 61.9 days of petrol, 51.5 days of diesel, and 50.1 days of jet fuel. This is compared to 58.7 days of petrol, 52.2 days of diesel and 46.2 days of jet fuel, in a prior...

MARKETWEEK: NZX market holds a tight trajectory

Lift-off for Artemis II    --- //    Warren Head   // The New Zealand sharemarket is running at a nice relaxed pace, not super quick nor super slow, and clearly not panicked by what may be an impending cost shock as the oil and gas supply chain feels the squeeze from...

KMD placement and insto offer completed

2.4.26 KMD Brands has successfully completed its $6.8 million underwritten placement and the institutional component of its approximately $58.5 million fully underwritten 1 for 0.73 pro-rata accelerated renounceable entitlement offer, as announced on Tuesday The...

Govt to help fund fuel storage at Marsden Pt

The Government will enter into an agreement to support an additional 90 million litres of storage for diesel at Marsden Point in Northland to boost New Zealand’s fuel resilience as the Middle East conflict continues to impact global fuel supplies, Regional Development...

Synlait sells Pokeno to Abbott

2.4.26 Synlait Milk has completed the $307 million (US$178 million) sale of its North Island assets to global healthcare leader Abbott. CEO Richard Wyeth said “This is an important turning point for Synlait. It will strengthen and simplify our business while giving us...

Headliner NZX Market Report 31.3.26

      The NZX market backed up today and steadily climbed to a positive finish 63 points higher at 12,912.11 on the NZX50 Gross Index.  The Aussie market was also brighter, the All Ords index gaining 32.40 to 4589.90. Overnight the US market twisted and...

Heavily discounted equity raise by KMD Brands

31.3.26 KMD today announced an approximately $65.3 million fully underwritten equity raising. The offer comprises: a fully underwritten placement (“Placement”) of new fully paid ordinary shares to eligible institutional shareholders and new institutional investors to...

KMD Brands sales uplift but net loss

31.3.26 KMD Brands Ltd released its interim results - for the six months ended January 31 – today, along with details relating to a $65.3 million fully underwritten equity raising and refinancing of its debt facilities. Group sales were up +7.3% to $505.4 million but...

Fonterra completes sale of Mainland

31.3.26   Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd today completed the sale of its global consumer and associated businesses, Mainland Group, to Lactalis. Chairman Peter McBride says the completion of the sale is a significant milestone which sets the Co-op up for the...

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