Pacific Edge soars on busy day for NZX

Pacific Edge soars on busy day for NZX
Cancer diagnostics company Pacific Edge soared more than 100%. (Image: Supplied)
Graham Skellern
Cancer diagnostics company Pacific Edge soared more than 100% after improving its standing in the United States, and the New Zealand sharemarket gained nearly 0.5% on a busy day.The S&P/NZX 50 Index had a late flurry and closed at 12,601.42, up 60.55 points or 0.48%. The index has now fallen 3.5% for the year so far.The market was extended for the final day of the MSCI indices February quarterly review.Contact Energy, up 23c or 2.55% to $9.24 on trade worth $51 million, is joining the MSCI Global Standard Index at the expense of fellow gent...

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