MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall on last day of upbeat quarter, Spark and Xero drop

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall on last day of upbeat quarter, Spark and Xero drop
Sophie Boot
By Sophie Boot June 30 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares fall, joining an Asia-wide slide, even as the benchmark index finished its strongest month this year, with Spark New Zealand and Xero leading the decline. The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 74.01 points, or 1 percent, to 7,611.44. Within the index, 32 stocks fell, nine rose and nine were unchanged. Turnover was $184 million. "It's obviously pretty weak across the board because we had global markets that were off the boil quite a bit overnight, just about everywhere in the Asian region i...