27 Jan 2012

Market ends week up 13 points

7:05 pm on 27 January 2012

The benchmark NZX50 index ended up 13 points on Friday to 3295.

Among the major share movements, Fletcher Building was up 14 cents at $6.54, Telecom lost 3.5 cents to $2.095, Chorus was up 1 cent to $3.25, and Contact Energy gained 2 cents to end the week at $4.77.

Fisher and Paykel Healthcare was down 2 cents at $2.13, Auckland Aiport unchanged at $2.48, and The Warehouse unchanged at $3.07.

Sky City Entertainment shed 3 cents to $3.57 and Sky Network TV gained 7 cents to $5.15.

Refining NZ was up 5 cents to $2.74 and Opus International Consultants closed 4 cents down at 1.79.

In currency markets at 5.20pm, the NZ dollar was buying 82.13 US, 77.37 Australian, 52.43 pence, 63.51 yen, and 0.6269 euro.

The TWI was at 72.45.