11 Oct 2010

New Zealand market up slightly

8:27 pm on 11 October 2010

The New Zealand share market finished slightly higher on Monday, closing up 2 points to 3234.

Fletcher Building was up 1 cent to $8.06, Telecom was down 2c to $2.03 and Contact Energy was up 2c to $5.71. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare was unchanged at $3.13, Sky City Entertainment Group was down 1c to $2.93 and Sky Network Television was unchanged at $5.

The Warehouse was unchanged at $3.88, Hallenstein Glasson was down 4c to $4.35, Cavalier was up 9c to $3 and Ebos Group was down 5c to $7.

Across the Tasman, the Australian 200 index up 12 points to 4692

The dollar was at 75.5 US cents, 76.54 Australian cents, 47.37 pence, 61.87 yen and 0.5405 euro. The Trade Weighted Index was 66.95.