NZX cash trading picks up in August with Z Energy listing

NZX cash trading picks up in August with Z Energy listing
Sept. 4 (BusinessDesk) - Cash trading on the New Zealand stock exchange accelerated in August from July in a month when Z Energy joined the NZX. Total trading of $3.4 billion was 18 percent higher than the same month a year earlier, and up from $2.6 billion in July, according to NZX’s monthly shareholder metrics. Total trades climbed by a third to 98,457 for an average daily value of $156 million. Share trading accounted for most of the transactions, with just 2,780 debt trades worth $83 million. Z Energy accounted for the $1.5 billion of...