Edgy sharemarket dips ahead of results season

Edgy sharemarket dips ahead of results season
Briscoe's result stood out today. (Image: DepositPhotos)
Graham Skellern
An edgy New Zealand sharemarket registered another small loss just before the latest company reporting season, but retailer Briscoe Group again came up with the goods.The S&P/NZX 50 Index traded in a range of 11,835.78 and 11,868.75 before closing at 11,838.26, down 30.49 points or 0.26%. It was the third successive fall this week.There were 60 gainers and 63 decliners over the whole market on volumes of 19.79 million shares worth $86.15m. Utilities investor Infratil, up 1c to $9.945, was active with $16.73m worth of shares changing hands.I...

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