The New Zealand sharemarket opened today relatively unchanged following a flat read from Wall Street.At about 10am, the benchmark NZX-50 index opened up 2.324 points, or 0.07 percent, at 3036.947.Australian Telecommunication company Telstra was down 1c to
The New Zealand sharemarket opened today relatively unchanged following a flat read from Wall Street.
At about 10am, the benchmark NZX-50 index opened up 2.324 points, or 0.07 percent, at 3036.947.
Australian Telecommunication company Telstra was down 1c to 402, after the company announced on Friday it would take a $A170 million ($NZ211 million) non-cash impairment charge on the carrying value of its Hong Kong-based telco CSL New World.
The gainers included Contact Energy, up 1c to 571, and Fletcher Building, up 3c to 763, New Zealand Refining, up 10c to 312, Michael Hill International up 1c to 158, and Sky City up 1c to 304.
Restaurant Brands rose 1c to 243, Ryman Healthcare rose 1c to 204, and Hellaby Holdings rose 2c to 187.
Telecom was unchanged at 199 following last week's confirmation of speculation it is selling the consumer part of its AAPT business in Australia and its stake in an internet service provider there.
Pike River Coal fell 3c to 96, New Zealand Oil&Gas dropped 1c to 123 and Infratil fell 1c to 162.
Also easing were Tower down 2c to 185, Steel&Tube 1c to 220, and Ebos Group 5c to 635.
In the United States, stocks closed little changed on Friday, though Wall Street wrapped up its best month in a year after the earnings season rounded the final turn with a group of strong results that offset the impact of poor economic data.
The second GDP data disappointed investors showing the economy had slowed, but the mood changed quickly when Chicago PMI and University of Michigan consumer confidence had encouraging readings.
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 1.22 points, or 0.01 percent, to 10,465.94. The Standard&Poor's 500 Index gained 0.05 points, or 0 percent to 1101.58. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 3.01 points, or 0.13 percent, to 2245.70.
For the week, the Dow rose 0.4 percent, the S&P 500 lost 0.1 percent and the Nasdaq dipped 0.7 percent.
