MARKET CLOSE: Firm start to the week as A2 drives NZ shares higher

MARKET CLOSE: Firm start to the week as A2 drives NZ shares higher
Victoria Young
By Victoria Young Sept. 30 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares edged higher today led by A2 Milk, while retirement village stocks were among the day’s gainers.  The S&P/NZX50 Index increased 89.12  points, or 0.8 percent, to 10,925.62. Within the index, 41 stocks rose, 8 fell, and one was unchanged. Turnover was $153.8 million, with just 12 stocks trading on volumes of more than a million shares. “There’s been a reasonable start to the week, and a lot of that improvement relates to upside in A2 Milk,” said Grant Williamson, an investme...

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