NZ commodity prices extend gain in April, March figures revised higher

Mon, 06 May 2019

By Rebecca Howard May 6 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand commodity prices lifted in April and were significantly higher in March than previously reported, ANZ Bank’s monthly commodity price index shows. The ANZ world commodity price index lifted 2.5 percent in April, following a corrected 4.1 percent rise in March, ANZ said. The index is now 2.1 percent higher than a year ago. ANZ had previously said the index rose a monthly 1.4 percent in March and fell 2.1 percent on the year. Today's revision shows it rose an annual 0.6 percent in Marc...

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