The New Zealand sharemarket ended Wednesday down.
The NZX50 lost 10 points to close at 3465.
Among the major share movements, Fletcher Building was down 12 cents at $6.02, Telecom gained 2 cents to close at $2.495, Chorus lost 1 cent to $3.44 and Contact Energy was up 9 cents at $4.78.
Freightway gained 4 cents to $3.94 while Mainfreight was down 17 cents at $9.54.
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare lost 13 cents to close on Wednesday at $2.20 and Fisher & Paykel Appliances gained half a cent at 49.5 cents.
SkyCity Entertainment was down 2 cents to $3.90 and Sky Television shed 1 cent to $5.28.
Oceana Gold unchanged at $2.98 and Vector was down 2 cents at $2.66.
On the currency markets, at 5.20pm the New Zealand dollar was buying 81.68 US cents, 79.43 Australian, 51.47 pence, 66.02 yen, and 0.6240 euro.
The trade-weighted index stood at 72.02.
