House Prices

Sharemarket up as rates take a hike

The sharemarket rose in early trading on the back of the widely-anticipated 25 basis point rate rise announced by the Reserve Bank at 9am this morning.

Thursday, September 09th 2004

At 10.10am today the benchmark NZSX-50 gross index was up 4.98 points at 2745.73, while the NZSX-All capital index was up 1.00 points at 913.77.

Telecom was unchanged at 571, but still managed to dominate the market with turnover worth $24.8 million.

Total market turnover by 10.10am today was worth $34.3 million. Just 56 stocks were traded in the time, with 14 rises and 9 falls.

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Unity First Home Buyer special 4.09
SBS FirstHome Combo 4.19
ICBC 4.49
Co-operative Bank - First Home Special 4.55
Kainga Ora 4.59
BNZ - Std 4.65
ANZ Special 4.65
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ 4.65
ASB Bank 4.65
AIA - Go Home Loans 4.65
TSB Special 4.69
China Construction Bank 4.95
Kainga Ora 4.95
ICBC 4.99
Nelson Building Society 5.09
BNZ - Std 5.19
SBS Bank Special 5.19
Westpac Special 5.19
ASB Bank 5.25
AIA - Go Home Loans 5.25
TSB Special 5.25
Kiwibank Special 5.29
Westpac Special 5.49
ICBC 5.65
Kainga Ora 5.69
BNZ - Std 5.79
SBS Bank Special 5.79
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ 5.89
ASB Bank 5.89
AIA - Go Home Loans 5.89
Kiwibank Special 5.99
TSB Special 5.99
China Construction Bank 5.99
SBS FirstHome Combo 3.29
AIA - Back My Build 3.34
SBS Construction lending for FHB 3.74
CFML 321 Loans 3.95
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ 4.99
Co-operative Bank - Standard 4.99
ICBC 5.39
Kiwibank - Offset 5.75
Kiwibank Special 5.75
Kiwibank 5.75
Unity Standard 5.79

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