F&P Healthcare share bounce prevents second market fall

F&P Healthcare share bounce prevents second market fall
Dan Brunskill
A share price bounce for Fisher & Paykel Healthcare helped inch the S&P/NZX 50 index higher today as a resurgence of covid-19 in the United States and Europe weighed on some stocks. The benchmark index rose 12.61 points, or 0.1 percent, to 12,264.52. Within the index, 37 stocks fell, nine rose and four were unchanged. Turnover was $198.1 million.Rising covid infections in the western world cast a dark cloud over global sentiment, as European nations reinstated some lockdown measures to stem the outbreak. The US’s S&P...

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