MARKETWEEK: Company updates prove encouraging

Residential construction consents soar notes Fletcher but work slow to start 24.11.26    ///                               Warren Head                                 /// A flurry of annual meetings...

MARKETWEEK: Level track for equity market

    17.10.26 //   Warren Head  //   There is an odd parallel at play on the national sharemarket this week, where after a light newsflow of a financial flavour the NZX50 index is...

MARKETWEEK: Blue chips pull market higher

10.10.26 Warren Head Sharply higher oil prices and the resultant inflation pressures they cause have been providing a robust platform for increased yields on medium to longer bonds in several...

Rural leader bolsters economic bounce

27.9.26 Warren Head The airwaves may be saturated with political polls pulling this way and that as the march to the November election shortens but it was milk that provided an antidote this week....

Marketweek: NZ economy picking up a gear

19.9.26 WARREN HEAD   New Zealand’s equity investors are beginning to see the spring upturn in share prices being sustained after a positive tone to the recent results season, a cautious start...

MARKETWEEK: A choppy course for the NZX

    Warren Head Equity markets are experiencing a choppy ride towards to 4th quarter 2026 as a mixture of impediments block the route. The NZX50 gross index ended the trading week in a...

MARKETWEEK: Spring step in equity investors

5.9.26 Warren Head Equity investors on the NZ market have had a profitable first week of Spring. The NZX50 Gross Index has closed for the week at 13,974.18 up 206 points on the week prior. The ASX...

MARKETWEEK:   Cost cutting a salient feature on NZX

30.8.26    //                                                        Warren Head Sharemarket investors making a judgement call on future prospects have been endeavouring to shake off the torpor of...

MARKETWEEK: Equity market watchful as Election looms.

Queenstown  Warren Head Investors are defiantly keeping the New Zealand sharemarket ticking over at an elevated level despite mixed performances in the current NZX results season and intensified...

MARKETWEEK: Different reactions to jobs data

  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...

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NVIDIA shares slide on CEO resignation

Jensen Huang (above) departs as CEO of Nvidia   13.11.26   Nvidia faces one of the most difficult trading days in its recent history after announcing on Thursday (UST) that Jensen Huang has resigned immediately as president, chief executive officer, and...

HEADLINER NZX MARKET REPORT 13.11.26

  Mainfreight was the star turn again today as the NZX50 market cruised into the market. The NZX50 Gross Index closed off the week at 14,173.68, -85.55 points today. In the US, all equity markets lost ground. The Dow Jones fell 189 points 0.36% to 52,297.09, the...

Warehouse Group notes ‘modest sales’

13.11..26   Since ‘Black Friday’ became a pre-Christmas till ringer for the retail sector, it has been anticipated by both shoppers and store-keepers – but this year it will be most unlikely to yield a bumper return. Earloer today, one of the major retail groups,...

Vista signs Reading Cinemas

13.11.26 Vista Group International  has signed a new agreement with existing client, Reading Cinemas, to transition its full circuit of 53 cinema sites (~400 screens) across the United States (17 sites), Australia and New Zealand (36 sites) to Operational Excellence...

HEADLINER NZX MARKET REPORT 12.11.26

  There was an air of optimism about the NZX market following a string night on Wall Street markets and local cometary on a nascent economic recovery being under way. The NZX50 jumped a further 79.37 at 14,259.23, and in Australia the ASX All Ords was 17 points...

Strong 1H27 for Mainfreight

12.11.26 Freight volumes increased across all regions, including both domestic and international movements, Mainfreight reports in its results for the half-year ending September 30. The period saw a significant recovery with revenue climbing almost 20% at $3.12...

HEADLINER NZX MARKET REPORT 11.11.26

The NZ sharemarket held its higher level today, flat perhaps but rising 12.45 points at 14,179.86 on the NZX50 index, while a brace of heavyweights dropping back failed to wipe off any of the past few sessions’ gains. In Australia the ASX All Ords gained 23.50 at...

Property income up at Vital

10.11.26 Vital Healthcare Property Trust (Vital) provides the following first quarter (unaudited) results summary. Commenting on Vital’s Q1 results, Net property income for the September quarter rose to $44.03m vs $39.03m in the corresponding period, 3Q25.  Operating...

HEADLINER NZX MARKET REPORT 10.11.26

  With Wall Street stocks rebounding overnight, the stage was set for a strong trading session on NZX and this turned out to be the outcome. After adjusting downwards the overstretched valuations of loss-making capital hungry high tech stocks, the NYSE board went...

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