The NZX50 index closed up 14 points, or 0.4% to 3479 on turnover of $120 million on Wednesday.
When the markets closed the NZ dollar was buying 79.48 US, 77.92 Australian, 51.20 pence, 63.00 yen and 0.6480 euro. The Trade Weighted Index was at 72.28.
Fletcher Building was down 1 cent to $6.09, Telecom was up 2.5 cents at $2.525, Chorus was up 2 cents at $3.27 and Contact Energy was down 1 cent at $4.79.
Sky City Entertainment was up 4 cents at $3.44, Sky Network TV was up 8 cents to $4.99 and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare was up 2 cents to $2.02.
The Warehouse was down 4 cents to $2.51, Auckland Airport was up 4 cents to $2.47 and Mainfreight was down 15 cents to $9.54.
Ebos was up 7 cents to $7.90, Restaurant Brands was up 4 cents to $2.15 and Xero was down 4 cents to $5.06.
