RESEND: MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall a second day as dollar weakens; Spark drops

Fri, 30 Jan 2015

(fixes typo in company name in 8th graph.) By Jonathan Underhill Jan. 30 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares fell for a second day as the kiwi dollar's slide to a four-year low sapped overseas investor appetite for high-yielding stocks such as Spark New Zealand and MightyRiverPower. Orion Health Group and Wynyard Group fell after a lag in sales. The NZX 50 Index fell 15.818 points, or 0.3 percent, to 5,743.995. Within the index, 24 stocks fell, 15 rose and 11 were unchanged. Turnover was $134 million. The benchmark index has retreat...

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