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NZ dollar gains as Europe agrees to 100 bln euro deal for Spanish banks

NZ dollar gains as Europe agrees to 100 bln euro deal for Spanish banks

By Hannah Lynch June 11 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar gained more than half a US cent after European policymakers agreed to a 100 billion euro rescue package for Spain's struggling banks, stoking demand for high-yielding, or riskier, currencies such as the kiwi. The...

10 Jun 2012
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall; Telecom departs NYSE, Steel & Tube gains

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall; Telecom departs NYSE, Steel & Tube gains

June 8 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand shares fell, paced by Telecom as the biggest company on the bourse said it would delist its NYSE-traded American depositary receipts and that it would meet profit guidance by cutting costs. Steel & Tube, which is to drop out of the NZX 50 Index...

08 Jun 2012
NZ dollar falls as Bernanke shies off QE3, saps investor optimism

NZ dollar falls as Bernanke shies off QE3, saps investor optimism

By Paul McBeth June 08 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar ended a five-day rally as US Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke shied away from hinting at injecting more stimulus into the world's biggest economy, sapping investors' confidence for riskier, or higher-yielding, asse...

08 Jun 2012