The NZX50 index rose 21 points to close at 3273 on turnover of $74 million on Tuesday.
Across the Tasman, the Australian 200 index is down 28 points at 4254.
At about 5.20pm on Tuesday the New Zealand dollar was at 83.3 US, 79.47 Australian, 50.91 pence, 64.05 yen, 0.5779 euro and the Trade Weighted Index was at 71.47.
Fletcher Building was up 3 cents to $7.73, Telecom was up 8 cents to $2.625 and Contact Energy was up 1 cent to $4.99.
