NZ market flat, Tower rises

NZ market flat, Tower rises
The NZ sharemarket closed flat this week. (Image: Getty Images)
Graham Skellern
The New Zealand sharemarket, heading for its 10th fall in 12 days, finished the week flat and was saved by another rise in the end-of-day matching session.The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 11,931.32, down 2.99 points or 0.03% with the turnaround coming in the last 45 minutes when brokers match their buy and sell orders. The intraday low was 11,840.57 points.The index declined 0.67% this week and has gained 1.4% for the year to date.There were 66 gainers and 71 decliners over the whole market with 25.9 million shares worth $84.39 million changi...

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