NZ sharemarket closes up over 1%

NZ sharemarket closes up over 1%
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Graham Skellern
The New Zealand sharemarket continued to stride forward with a gain of more than 1% following the gyrations of the latest company reporting season.The NZX 50 Index bounced early afternoon and traded strongly to again break through the 13,000 points mark. It closed at 13,070.45, up 139.72 points or 1.08% on volumes of 47.1 million share transactions worth $146.28m, with 79 gainers and 62 decliners.The index has now passed the psychological 13,000 points five times this year, reaching a high of 13,194.07 on Aug 21.'A pattern of liqu...

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