The NZX 50 rose 6 points to close at 3520 on turnover of $71 million.
The NZ dollar was at 81.21 US cents, 78.15 Australian cents, 50.39 pence, 65.75 yen, 0.6176 euro and the The Trade Weighted Index stood at 72.50.
Fletcher Building was up 2 cents to $6.19, Telecom was up 8 cents at $2.63, Chorus was unchanged at $3.41, Contact Energy was down 5 cents at $4.73.
Infratil was down 1 cent at $1.90, Auckland Airport was down 1 cent at $2.50 and NZ Refining was down 2 cents at $2.72.
SkyCity Entertainment was down 3 cents to $3.81 and Sky Television was down 2 cent to $5.37.
Mainfreight was down 5 cents to $9.75, Kathmandu up 2 cents to $1.72 and
Cavalier unchanged at $1.77.