MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares mixed, Comvita and Z gain, Tegel and Auckland Airport fall

Tue, 24 Jan 2017

By Sophie Boot Jan. 24 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares were mixed, with Comvita bouncing off yesterday's lows and Z Energy up, while Tegel Group Holdings and Auckland International Airport fell. The S&P/NZX50 Index dropped 3.69 points, or 0.05 percent, to 7,064.16. Within the index, 21 stocks rose, 20 fell and nine were unchanged. Turnover was $114.9 million. "It just seems to be most stocks, in the absence of news, are kind of flat, or every week it's one's turn for bargain hunters to think 'this looks a bit cheap' and bid it up,"...

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