MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares dip as SkyCity result continues steady reporting season
Markets

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares dip as SkyCity result continues steady reporting season

By Paul McBeth Aug. 14 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares dipped as the local reporting season continued to meet expectations with SkyCity Entertainment Group posting a small increase in underlying earnings and signalling growth in the current year.  The S&P/NZX 50 Index d...

Paul McBeth 14 Aug 2019
International guest nights plumb 3-year low as tourism contracts
Economy

International guest nights plumb 3-year low as tourism contracts

By Paul McBeth Aug. 14 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's accommodation operators reported the fewest monthly international guest nights for three years in June as the tourism boom tapers off.  Statistics New Zealand's soon-to-be-defunct accommodation survey showed just 800,000...

Paul McBeth 14 Aug 2019
Cannasouth issues shares to fund cultivation facility
Infrastructure

Cannasouth issues shares to fund cultivation facility

By Paul McBeth Aug. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Cannasouth will raise another $1 million from an issue of new shares, just two months after its initial public offer, to fund a joint venture to build and own a cannabis cultivation facility.  The medicinal cannabis research firm, whi...

Paul McBeth 13 Aug 2019
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares join global lull as investors remain nervous
Markets

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares join global lull as investors remain nervous

By Paul McBeth Aug. 13 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares joined a global decline as investors remain unnerved by heightened geopolitical tensions. Domestic earnings met expectations but failed to stoke local investor confidence.  The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 17.97 points, or...

Paul McBeth 13 Aug 2019