MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares gain as investors take stock in earnings season; Skellerup hits new highs

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares gain as investors take stock in earnings season; Skellerup hits new highs

By Paul McBeth Aug. 17 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares rose as investors took stock in a brief lull to the domestic corporate earnings season, with Skellerup Holdings extending yesterday's gain to break a new record.  The S&P/NZX 50 index advanced 53.86 points, or 0.6 p...

Paul McBeth 17 Aug 2018
Steel fabricator NDA back in the black on dairy, food recovery

Steel fabricator NDA back in the black on dairy, food recovery

By Paul McBeth Aug. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Kiwi steel fabrication firm NDA Group returned to profit in 2017 as a recovery in its key markets and an expanding footprint at home and abroad underpinned a 52 percent increase in sales.  The Hamilton-based company reported a profit...

Paul McBeth 17 Aug 2018
Brilliance International fined $540k over steel mesh representations

Brilliance International fined $540k over steel mesh representations

By Paul McBeth Aug. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Brilliance International has been fined $540,000 after pleading guilty to breaking fair trading law by claiming steel mesh met standards that it actually did not.  In the Auckland District Court yesterday, Judge Robert Ronayne sentenc...

Paul McBeth 17 Aug 2018
Tourism Holdings CFO Davis on medical leave until next month

Tourism Holdings CFO Davis on medical leave until next month

By Paul McBeth Aug. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Tourism Holdings chief financial officer Mark Davis is on medical leave until next month and will miss an already delayed annual results announcement.  Chief executive Grant Webster and financial controller Steven Hall will pick up Da...

Paul McBeth 16 Aug 2018