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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...

Jeremy Sullivan dicusses this weeks main topics on the New Zealand sharemarket, joining him, Andrew Patterson from the National Business Review.

Grant Davies talks to Andrew Patterson of the National Business Review regarding market performance this week, Spark's first half earnings, Sky TV's merger with vodafone and Abano Healths takeover offer.

Trilogy International, the skincare and home fragrance company, said it continues to comply with continuous disclosure rules in response to a query from the New Zealand stock exchange after its shares took a tumble. In a letter to Trilogy, the NZX sought an explanation noting Trilogy's shares dropped to $2.48 on Feb. 9 from $3.39 on Jan. 9, a fall of 71 cents or 22 percent. On Friday the shares were up 1.6 percent at $2.55. Lindsay Render, the chief...

Jeremy Sullivan talks to Andrew Patterson of the National Business Review regarding the upcoming earnings season on the NZX and which stocks to watch. Also, how is the market sentiment tracking enlight of the new administration in the US, and more... Click below to listen

Both the New Zealand dollar and the stock exchange are a tad weaker but relatively steady yesterday in the wake of US President Donald Trump's inauguration and analysts expect the situation to continue as markets take a wait-and-see approach. ANZ Bank New Zealand senior economist Phil Borkin said Saturday's inauguration did little to shed light on the Trump's administration's plans. Markets had rallied strongly after Donald Trump's election in November with the greenback pushing higher on promises of tax cuts...