NZX January trading volume drops, value edges up

NZX January trading volume drops, value edges up
By Paul McBeth Feb. 4 (BusinessDesk) - The volume of cash trading on New Zealand's share market dropped in January from a year earlier, in what's typically a quiet month, though the value of trading edged up. The total number of trades dropped 12 percent to 86,918 in January from the same month in 2014, with the daily average trades down 7.7 percent to 4,346, Wellington-based NZX said in its monthly shareholder metrics. While activity was more muted, the value of trading rose 0.8 percent to $2.2 billion in the month, with the daily averag...