8 Feb 2012

Sharemarket ends Tuesday 3 points up

5:25 am on 8 February 2012

The NZX50 closed up 3 points at 3315 on Tuesday. Turnover was $88 million.

Among the major share movements, Fletcher Building ended up 13 cents at $6.54, Telecom shed 3 cent to $2.15, Chorus was down 2 cents at $3.33, and Contact ended down 2 cents at $4.80.

Sky City Entertainment lost 2 cents to end at $3.46 and Sky Television was down 1 cent to $5.22.

Tower was down 3 cents at $1.45 and Port of Tauranga gained 10 cents to $10.60.

Hallenstein Glasson was up 1 cent to $3.55, The Warehouse was down 7 cents to $2.88, and Pumpkin Patch was unchanged at 78 cents.

OceanaGold lost 6 cents to close Tuesday's trading at $3.20.

In the currency markets, at 5.20pm the NZ dollar was buying 83.40 US cents, 77.30 Australian, 52.77 pence, 63.97 yen, and 0.6367 euro. The Trade Weighted Index was at 73.17.