New Zealand shares stayed just above water today, with wins from Pushpay and IkeGPS overcoming further losses for Orion Health. The S&P/NZ50 Index gained 15.64 points, or 0.18%, to 8469. Turnover was $97 million. Orion Health was down 6.25%, to 75c, marking a slight turn into the red after yesterday’s 80c finish. Today’s close ends its surge on the back of trade sale speculation reported by NBR and that the company later confirmed was a possibility. “The market will certainly...

New Zealand shares rose today, with Green Cross Health and Meridian Energy gains overcoming a downgrade for Orion Health. The S&P/NZ50 Index gained 10.86 points, or 0.13%, to 8329. Turnover was $118 million. “We’ve had a poor trading day for Orion Healthcare, which had a negative revenue update this morning and a bit of a change in strategy so the market (is) not treating that too kindly,” Hamilton Hindin Greene investment adviser Grant Davies says. Orion Health led the index...

Tom McBride talks to Grant Walker from NBR Radio regarding the state of the economy and half year earnings results. Companies of interest include a2 Milk, Summerset Holdings, Metlifecare, Sky TV and CBL. Most companies reporting results this earnings season have pulled a reasonably good performance out of the hat, with the exception of a few market shockers.

New Zealand markets are playing catchup today, after a rocky day of global trading yesterday. The NZX was closed for Waitangi Day yesterday, but the S&P/NZX50 was down 1.97% at market open today. Within the index, 47 stocks had fallen, with three up, on turnover of about $35 million. “I think we’ll have a bit of a catch-up day today,” Hamilton Hindin Greene investment adviser Grant Davies says. “At the moment, the Dow is broadly flat. But I’d expect our fair...

Grant Davies talks to Andrew Patterson from Sunday Business about general market sentiment, as well as Fonterra, and their recent result. He also looks at a2 Milk Limited and Synlait Limited, who are up 200% and 100% respectively on the back of infant formula exports to China. They also run the ruler over Kathmandu after their recent strong result.

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SLI Systems shares sank to a record low, extending this year's decline, as a dearth of news ahead of next month's earnings season has seen some investors exit the e-commerce software vendor. The shares dropped 8 percent to 23 cents today and have fallen 49 percent so far this year making them the fifth-worst performer on the S&P/NZX All Index. The volume of trading was light at 103,244 shares, or 0.2 percent of shares on issue, in what's a relatively...

Investors will be focused on inflation data coming out from China early this week and the US later in the week, Hamilton Hindin Greene investment adviser Grant Davies says. “Inflation is obviously well worth a look in terms of how that’s going to impact growth internationally, and how that’s going to help grease the wheels of the economy... It’s one to watch for New Zealand investors.” As well as looking at the week ahead, Grant looks back to last week in...

Tom McBride talks to Grant Walker of the National Business Review regarding the markets. Tom analyses the most recent annual result for Xero, their reduction in cash burn, and international ambitions. The Z Energy Annual Result boasted strong profit growth on the back of the Caltex acquisition, but experienced a drop in fuel margins . Heartland Bank's share price continues to rise on receivables growth and the Australian government levying a 0.06% tax on major bank's liabilities. Maintaining a 44% gross...

Grant Davies talks to Andrew Patterson of the National Business Review regarding the markets. Grant analyses the dynamics of the power sector within the context of record rain fall in the North Island, and low lake levels in the South Island. This week also saw the highest level of inflation for 5 years, a solid result from Restaurant Brands, and big subsidies announced for aged care workers. We look at how these subsidies will impact the aged care sector and the...