CORRECT: MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall as A2 hits 7-month low; Spark still defies naysayers

CORRECT: MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall as A2 hits 7-month low; Spark still defies naysayers
(Fixes NZX50 level in 2nd paragraph, Z price in 16th paragraph) By Victoria Young Sept. 24 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares fell, as a seven-month low for A2 Milk outweighed the revival in appetite among investors for high-yielding stocks such as Meridian Energy and Chorus.  The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 14.62 points, or 0.1 percent, to 10,858.71. Within the index, 21 stocks fell, 26 rose and three were unchanged. Turnover was $102.1 million with four stocks trading on volumes of more than a million shares.  A2 led the market lower,...

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