NZX edges lower as Infratil, profit-taking weigh

NZX edges lower as Infratil, profit-taking weigh
Record US shutdown ends, may boost global markets. (Image: Supplied)
Andy Macdonald
New Zealand’s sharemarket closed broadly flat on Thursday as investors indulged in a mild profit-taking amid a dearth of news to provide firm direction.“There’s a bit of profit taking across the market,” Hamilton Hindin Greene investment advisor Grant Davies said, adding that this extraction of funds followed the market's recent run-up.Infratil, Heartland and Blackpearl were the notable movers to the downside, while Mainfreight, SkyCity Entertainment and Santana Minerals reciprocated on the other side of the ledger.A...

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