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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Stock market index starts off 2011 on a high

Stock market index starts off 2011 on a high : The major share market index of New Zealand started off the first day of trading for 2011, going well over 30 points or almost 1% during mid-afternoon, and ended with much confidence, ahead by 27.59 points at the day end.

The benchmark NZX-50 index ended at 3336.62, a little betterment in its last day of trading on 24th December, when a decrease by 25 points left the index with a total profit for the year of about 2.7%.

There had been 42 increases and 32 reductions in the 103 stocks traded all over the entire market. The 13.8m shares were traded at a worth of $27.1m.

One of the best performers in Wednesday's thin trade was Fletcher Building, which rose by 1.7%, by 13c to 779, while more than a million shares changed hands, while Fisher & Paykel Health jumped by 2.57%, by 8c to 319, on much little parcels of shares.

The casino operator Sky City increased by 4c during early trade and continued to increase to end the day with a gain of 6c at 330, Auckland Airport increased by 5c to 223, while cornerstone stock Telecom went up by 1c to 218 as 2.5m of its shares were sold. For the latest updates PRESS CTR + D or visit Stock Market news Today

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