MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares mixed, weighed by A2 Milk, Tourism Holdings

Thu, 01 Aug 2019

By Rebecca Howard Aug. 1 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares were mixed, weighed by some profit-taking in the A2 Milk company and a slide in Tourism Holdings. The S&P/NZX 50 Index rose 3.07 points, or 0.03 percent, to 10,860.82. Within the index, 23 stocks fell, 19 rose and eight were unchanged. Turnover was moderate at $90.1 million with only a handful of stocks trading on more than a million shares. A2 Milk shed fell 1.9 percent to $17.67 on volume of 555,000 compared to its 90-day average of 706,000 and Forsyth Barr broker Suzanne K...

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