25 Oct 2012

New Zealand share market down on Thursday

7:14 pm on 25 October 2012

The NZX50 index is down 11 points to close at 3990 on turnover of $65 million on Thursday.

At 5.10pm the NZ dollar was buying 82.20 US, 79.35 Australian, 51.22 pence, 65.72 yen and 0.6333 euro. The Trade Weighted Index was at 73.35.

Contact Energy was down 2 cents at $5.49, Fletcher Building was down 14 cents at $7.21, Chorus was down 1 cent to $3.41 and Telecom was down 1 cent to $2.47.

Freightways was up 6 cents at $4.47 after announcing its first quarter profit has risen by 14%.

Mainfreight was up 10 cents to $10.70, Fisher & Paykel Appliances was unchanged at $1.265, OceanaGold was down 35 cents at $4.15 and Port of Tauranga was unchanged at $12.95.

Hallenstein Glassons was down 5 cents at $4.89, the Warehouse was up 5 cents to $3.25, SkyCity Entertainment Group was up 1 cent to $3.92 and Sky TV Network was up 2 cents to $5.28.

Ebos Group was down 5 cents at $8.30, Trade Me was up 4 cents to $4.38 and Tower was up 4 cents to $1.95.