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The New Zealand dollar was unmoved by comments from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell or NZ Finance Minister Grant Robertson or by the latest survey showing business confidence - while negative - is improving. The kiwi was trading at 64.21 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from...

The New Zealand dollar was range-bound despite a souring mood in global equities markets as covid-19 infections passed 10 million and deaths 500,000. The kiwi was trading at 64.25 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 64.23 cents in New York on Friday and 64.42 cents here at 5pm....

Output from the country’s biggest gas field has fallen about 15 percent the past six weeks and operator OMV is yet to establish why. The offshore Pohokura field, the subject of a series of maintenance shuts during the past two years, delivered about 172 terajoules of gas yeste...

New Zealand shares edged higher, with Fisher & Paykel Healthcare among the day’s leaders as investors eye a strong result for the respirator maker on Monday. The S&P/NZX 50 Index rose 4.87 points, or 0.04 percent, to 11,129.23. Within the index, 12 stocks rose, 33 fell and fiv...

TIL Logistics shares jumped almost 16 percent to 73 cents after the trucking company said annual earnings will beat the guidance it withdrew before covid-19 clouded up its outlook. The company expects to report earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of betwe...

Mercury NZ trimmed its full-year earnings guidance for the third time in four months, citing declining hydro-electric water storage in the North Island.The electricity generator and retailer said it expects full-year earnings of about $480 million before interest, tax, depreciati...

Direct Capital has taken a 39 percent stake in Caci for an undisclosed sum. The new shareholder will help the beauty business “drive an ambitious growth strategy for its trusted chain of clinics,” Caci said. Founders David and Jackie Smith own the rest of the recently formed hold...

New Zealand shares joined a global sell-off as fears the covid-19 pandemic has a new lease of life weighed on the outlook for company earnings. Air New Zealand dropped as trans-Tasman rival Qantas Airways announced a major restructuring. The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 155.05 points...