NZ share market value jumped 24 percent in December from year earlier to reach 37.8 percent of GDP

NZ share market value jumped 24 percent  in December from year earlier to reach 37.8 percent  of GDP
Jan. 7 (BusinessDesk) – The value of equities on the NZX rose 24 percent in December from a year earlier to reach 37.8 percent of gross domestic product helped by the listing of $7.5 billion of new capital and a rally in prices that extended from 2012. The market value of equity on the NZX rose to $82.2 billion last month while the value of debt securities fell 8 percent from a year earlier to $13.5 billion, according to NZX’s monthly shareholder metrics. The total number of issuers rose 4 percent to 155. There were 52 capital raisings in D...