NZX 50 dips 10 points; Infratil climbs

NZX 50 dips 10 points; Infratil climbs
Investors appeared to pleased with Infratil's investor day with shares climbing despite a small earnings downgrade. (Photo: supplied)
Ella Somers
New Zealand's headline share index dipped in concert with global markets which have generally been weaker over fears of monetary policy changes and a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 11.8 points, or 0.1%, to 11,938.32. Turnover was $154 million.The head of equities at Harbour Asset Management, Craig Stent, said it had been a quiet day on the local market, with Infratil’s investor day the only significant update.“Outside of that, there’s very little that happened today. The market’s j...

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