NZ share trading volumes lift in June but the value of trade eases

NZ share trading volumes lift in June but the value of trade eases
Rebecca Howard
By Rebecca Howard July 4 (BusinessDesk) - The number of trades on the NZX continued to rise in June but the values fell as investors were jittery about the prospect of a global trade war. Total trades on the NZX rose 63 percent to 299,098 trades in June from the same month a year earlier, the stock exchange operator's monthly shareholder metrics show. Total value traded, however, fell 9.9 percent to $3.4 billion and daily average value traded fell 5.4 percent to $168.1 million. The number of daily average trades rose 71 percent to 14,955...