MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall; F&P Healthcare, Ebos drop while Air NZ, NZX gain

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall; F&P Healthcare, Ebos drop while Air NZ, NZX gain
Sophie Boot
By Sophie Boot July 3 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares fell in light trading, with Fisher & Paykel Healthcare giving back some of its June gains while Air New Zealand and NZX rose. The S&P/NZX 50 Index dropped 23.01 points, or 0.3 percent, to 7,588.43. Within the index, 23 stocks fell, 18 rose and 9 were unchanged. Turnover was $105 million. "It has been a quiet period, we haven't been getting earnings through and haven't had many leads from overseas either, but it has been a reasonable period for the NZX," Grant Davies, investment...