Leaders, property sector helps drive NZ stocks higher

Leaders, property sector helps drive NZ stocks higher
Gains in Fisher and Paykel Healthcare helped drive the sharemarket higher. (Image: Supplied)
Jamie Gray
Modest gains in some of the large-cap stocks and signs of life in the property sector helped propel the New Zealand share market to end firmer in light trade.The S&P/NZX 50 Index was 62.33 points, or 0.46%, higher at 13,514.09, with 37.1 million shares worth $122.2m trading.There were 97 rises and 48 falls on the main board.F&P, Infratil lead riseThe index was driven higher mostly by gains in Fisher and Paykel Healthcare, up 47c or 1.26% at $37.75 and Infratil, up 30c or 2.43% at $12.67.However, Forsyth Barr investment adviser David Pri...

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