MARKET OPEN: Investor unease may weigh on local market

MARKET OPEN: Investor unease may weigh on local market
Paul McBeth
New Zealand’s stock market may be in for a soft end to the week as investor unease weighed on US and European equities, and local data showed the economy to be in a worse state than most analysts had predicted. Wall Street was generally weaker as new US jobless claims overshadowed stronger manufacturing data, with investors sensitive to the ongoing spread of covid-19 in China and some large American states. That negative sentiment was also felt in foreign exchange markets as traders exited currencies linked to commodities and emerging mar...

More Markets

Don’t fret shareholders, dividends wool come
Primary Sector

Don’t fret shareholders, dividends wool come

Listed wool company Bremworth held its annual meeting in Auckland this week.

Rakon spent additional $1.7m on acquisition costs
Markets

Rakon spent additional $1.7m on acquisition costs

Less investment in new mobile networks saw Rakon cut headcount by 22%.

NZ sharemarket rises 0.7% on back of OCR cut
Markets Market close

NZ sharemarket rises 0.7% on back of OCR cut

The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,212.92, up 99.16 points or 0.76%.

Graham Skellern 27 Nov 2024