22 Mar 2012

NZ markets down on Thursday

6:50 pm on 22 March 2012

The NZX 50 is down 7 points to close at 3475 on turnover of $87 million on Thursday.

In the currency markets at 5.27pm, the dollar is buying 80.83 US, 77.80 Australian cents, 50.95 pence, 67.27 yen abd 0.6111 euro. The Trade Weighted Index was at 72.22.

Fletcher Building was up 6 cents to $6.95, Telecom was down 3 cents to $2.38, Chorus was down 6 cents to $3.40 and Contact Energy was down 4 cents at $4.69.

Auckland International Airport was down 0.5 cents to $2.44 and Air New Zealand was up 0.5 cents to 86 cents.

Sky City Entertainment was down 7 cents at $3.79, Sky Television Network was down 1 cent to $5.11 and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare was down 3 cents to $2.26.

Ports of Tauranga was up 10 cents to $10.85, AMP was up 9 cents to $5.52 and Mainfreight was down 5 cents to $9.55.