New Zealand stocks fell, paced by SkyCity Entertainment Group, amid speculation the impending earnings season may show the impact of a high kiwi dollar. Hallenstein Glasson Holdings led the index lower after figures showed weak clothing sales. The NZX 50 Index fell 7.730 points, or about 0.2 percent to 4833.058. Within the index, 25 stocks fell, 12 rose and 13 …

The New Zealand dollar was little changed as investors mulled the significance of a weaker-than-expected US jobs report on Friday ahead of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s inaugural testimony in front of policymakers this week. The kiwi traded at 82.75 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 82.83 cents at 8am and 82.90 cents at the close of trading in …

Shares of Pacific Edge, which have soared almost 200 percent in the past 12 months, extended their gains after a deal was signed allowing its bladder cancer test to be used District Health Boards. The stock jumped 4.9 cents to $1.72 after the Health Innovation Hub, a government agency set up to allow technology innovations to be commercialised via the …