High trade volumes of Infratil shares lift NZX after its ASX 200 inclusion

Infratil shares were up nearly 7% in early trading. (Image: Supplied)

Wed, 16 Jul 2025

Infratil's inclusion in the Australian blue chip index has helped lift the New Zealand share market on an otherwise calm day.The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 rose 0.51% to 12,754.59 points on Wednesday, with over 24.5 million shares changing hands worth $106.6m.Over $26m of the value traded was in Infratil, which ended the day up 3.51% at $11.20.Overnight, S&P Dow Jones announced that it would add the infrastructure investor to its S&P/ASX 200 index, effective July 23, replacing gold company Spartan Resources. Matt Goodson, the man...

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