New Zealand stocks rose as SkyCity Entertainment Group met guidance with first-half earnings hurt by a strong kiwi dollar. Hallenstein Glasson Holdings and Fletcher Building led the advance. The NZX 50 Index gained 21.089 points, or 0.4 percent to 4869.972. Within the index, 23 stocks rose, 20 fell and seven were unchanged. Turnover was $110.9 million. SkyCity rose 1.4 percent …

Shareholders of Auckland International Airport, the nation’s busiest gateway, have overwhelmingly voted in favour of plans by the nation’s busiest gateway to return $454 million in capital via a share cancellation, with 60 percent of the payment treated as a taxable dividend. Results from the special meeting in Auckland today show 99.3 percent of eligible votes cast were in favour …

The New Zealand dollar rose along with its Australian counterpart after trade figures from China beat estimates, stoking optimism that demand in the two nations’ biggest market isn’t wavering. The kiwi rose to 83.50 US cents from 83.28 US cents at the start of the day and from 83.00 cents yesterday. The trade-weighted index rose to 78.51 from 78.41 at …