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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 the June year reports season the market is still relatively thin on...
Headliner NZX Market Report 7.8.26
The NZ sharemarket closed for the week on a sluggish note, following another night of indices falls on Wall Street, and impacted by a sharp decline by F & P Healthcare.. The global price for WTI crude oil was at US$77.57 / bbl. Gold soared US55.40 at...
Headliner NZX Market Report 6.8.26
With some US markets sliding overnight as the financial market community awaited further news around the status of Middle East negotiations, the NZ market also stepped back today,. The NZX50 fell 39.12 at 13,958.06, while in Australia the ASX All Ords moved 46.50...
Headliner NZX Market Report 4.8.26
With US President Trump talking up the prospect of the Strait of Hormuz opening up as soon as tomorrow oil prices and bond rates dived, and equities soared on Wall Street overnight. Trump also signalled a restart to communications with Iran (which the latter...
OIl prices plunge on Strait hopes
The new week began with oil prices plunging on hopes of some form of resolution in the Middle East, while yen volatility continued in the wake of official joint US-Japan intervention late last week, notes BNZ Markets this morning. “(President) Trump has spoken to...
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...
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Headliner NZX Market Report 7.8.26
The NZ sharemarket closed for the week on a sluggish note, following another night of...
Headliner NZX Market Report 6.8.26
With some US markets sliding overnight as the financial market community awaited further news...
Headliner NZX Market Report 4.8.26
With US President Trump talking up the prospect of the Strait of Hormuz opening up as soon...
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...
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Headliner NZX Market Report 4.8.26
With US President Trump talking up the prospect of the Strait of Hormuz opening up as soon...
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...
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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