New Zealand shares rose for a second day to a two-month high, led by OceanaGold, which exceeded its gold production forecasts, and paced by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare as it reached seven-year highs. The NZX50 advanced 28.668 points or about 0.6 percent to 4950.339. Within the index 26 stock rose, 15 fell and nine were unchanged. Turnover was $107.9 million. …
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NZ dollar gains after inflation data fuels appetite for early rate hike
The New Zealand dollar rose after an unexpected lift in inflation in the December quarter raised the chance of the Reserve Bank hiking interest rates as early as next week. The kiwi rose to 83.21 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 82.61 cents at 8am and 82.43 cents yesterday. The trade-weighted index advanced to 79.09 from 78.37 yesterday. New …
Read More »New fibre-only ISP, MyRepublic, seeks to shake up NZ market
MyRepublic, a Singapore-based internet service provider, plans to enter the New Zealand market in the middle of this year, targeting services provided over the government-sponsored ultrafast broadband fibre network. The company’s local unit, headed by former Regional Fibre Group chief Vaughan Baker, is pitching itself as a fibre-only ISP and plans to deliver products and services specifically designed for the …
Read More »Telecom pays $83 mln in winning bid for last 4G spectrum lot
Telecom Corp, the country’s biggest telecommunications company, paid $83 million to win the final lot of 700 megahertz spectrum, flagged for fourth-generation mobile phone use. The Auckland-based company secured the fourth 2×5 MHz lot, having spent $66 million on three lots of 2×15 MHz spectrum in the first auction, it said in a statement. Telecom and Vodafone were bidding for …
Read More »F and P Healthcare wins back favour as share price nears seven year high
Shares in Fisher & Paykel Healthcare are near a seven-year high as the maker of breathing masks and respirators continued an 18-month trend of “winning back favour” with investors, according to an analyst The stock rose 3 percent to $4.09 today, and has steadily climbed 77 percent over the last two years, as it recovered from loss of market share, …
Read More »Energy Mad doubles on string of good US news
Shares in energy efficient light bulb maker Energy Mad have doubled today, touching a two-year high of 68 cents, after a string of positive announcements about the company’s US market growth. Over the past two years the Christchurch based company has suffered a series of setbacks since its IPO in late 2011, consistently missing prospectus forecasts. Last year it wrote …
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Read More »OceanaGold gains on news of Q4 uplift
Shares of Melbourne based mining group OceanaGold has risen 9.7 percent in early NZX trading after announcing its gold production exceeded expectations in 2013. The company produced 325,732 ounces of gold across its New Zealand and Philippines operations, slightly ahead the top of the range it had forecast of 285,000 to 325,000 ounces. It says its 2013 final quarter was …
Read More »Dairy prices rise 1.4 percent at GDT auction as cheese, butter surge
Dairy product prices rose at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, led by surging prices for butter and cheese, two products which have posed problems for Fonterra Cooperative Group as their prices lagged whole milk powder. The GDT Price Index increased 1.4 percent from the last sale on Jan 8. The average winning price was US$5,025 per tonne from US$4,953 a tonne …
Read More »NZ dollar holds gains as inflation heightens anticipation of rate hike, dairy prices rise
The New Zealand dollar held yesterday’s gains after a surprise rise in December inflation heightened expectations the Reserve Bank might hike interest rates as early as next week and as the latest Fonterra Cooperative Group dairy auction showed an increase in prices. The kiwi traded at 83.09 US cents at 8am from 83.21 cents yesterday, holding on to most of …
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