1 Sep 2009

NZ market down at close

10:07 pm on 1 September 2009

The New Zealand market was down 13 points, or 0.43%, to 3084 at the close of trade on Tuesday. Turnover was $119 million.

Telecom was down 6 cents per share to $2.69 and Fletcher Building slid 12c to $7.74.

Auckland Airport rose 3c to $1.76 while ANZ Bank Group soared 45c to $26.75.

In Australia, shares finished at a fresh 10-month closing high.

The ASX 200 was up 0.8% to 4,515 and the All Ordinaries wa 0.6% higher at 4,511, the ABC website reports.