MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares up, led by Gentrack and Port of Tauranga

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares up, led by Gentrack and Port of Tauranga
Sophie Boot
By Sophie Boot May 7 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares gained, led higher by Gentrack Group and Port of Tauranga, with Westpac Banking Corp gaining on its first-half result. The S&P/NZX50 Index rose 38.57 points, or 0.5 percent, to 8,587.94. Within the index, 31 stocks rose, 10 were unchanged and nine fell. Turnover was $92.4 million.  "It's a pretty solid day which isn't surprising - it was a good day offshore on Friday night, this part of the world has caught up to those positive leads out of the US and so forth, which all came on...