1 Mar 2010

NZ market higher at close

9:09 pm on 1 March 2010

The New Zealand share market was higher at the close of trade on Monday, up 8 points, or 0.3%, to 3164 on turnover of $45 million.

Telecom fell 14 cents to $2.19 per share, Contact Energy gained 11c to $6.23 and Fletcher Building was unchanged at $7.93.

Auckland International Airport was up 1c to $1.87, while Air New Zealand gained 2c to $1.31.

Sky Network Television rose 17c to $5.15, but Sky City Entertainment Group was down 3c to $3.17.

Retailer The Warehouse was up 2c to $3.78, but Hallenstein Glasson fell 8c to $3.52.

Pyne Gould Corporation was down 1c to 44c and the NZX also fell 1c to $2.04.