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Tuesday 28 June 2016 05:43 PM
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise as investors seek stability; Spark NZ, Precinct Properties, Summerset up
By Sophie Boot
June 28 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares rose as investors embraced the local market's insulation from global turmoil and high yields, with Spark New Zealand, Precinct Properties and Summerset Group rising.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index gained 29.65 points, or 0.4 percent, to 6,716.58. Within the index, 31 stocks rose, 13 fell and six were unchanged. Turnover was $152.4 million.
The local bourse dropped 2.3 percent on Friday after the United Kingdom referendum vote to leave the European Union. It recovered yesterday and has continued to rise today, albeit on lighter volumes as investors were happy to sit tight, said Grant Williamson, director at Hamilton Hindin Greene.
"With offshore markets still under pressure overnight, New Zealand is holding relatively firm," Williamson said. "It's an indication we're quite removed from the turmoil, and maybe underpins our attractive dividend yield and investors still chasing those attractive returns. Local investors are holding in there, there's no panic when it comes to the local market - even the foreign investors are relatively happy to hold in, at the moment anyway."
Spark New Zealand was the biggest gainer, up 3.1 percent to $3.52.
Property companies gained today, with Precinct Properties rising 2.5 percent to $1.24, Summerset Group Holdings up 1.6 percent to $4.36, Argosy Property advancing 1.4 percent to $1.125, and Vital Healthcare Property Trust gaining 1.3 percent to $2.195.
"Most of our companies don't have too much exposure to the UK or even European markets," Williamson said. "Our big markets are Australasia and the US, we're not too reliant and the uncertainty is probably around the impact the decision might have on world economic growth."
Kiwi Property Group gained 0.4 percent to $1.45. At 5pm, it announced it will defer a planned retail bond offer of seven-year fixed rate senior secured bonds due to significant continued market volatility following the UK referendum.
Xero fell 2.4 percent to $17.10. The virtual accounting software company, which is yet to post a profit, was sold off heavily in Friday's turmoil but bounced yesterday.
"You are going to see volatility amongst those higher-risk companies - they're not profitable, it's difficult to value them on fundamentals so investors are more likely to buy and sell on a whim," Williamson said.
Meridian Energy dropped 2 percent to $2.47, Tegel Group fell 1.8 percent to $1.62 and Sky Network Television dropped 1.7 percent to $4.58.
Outside the main index, Smiths City Group gained 3.7 percent to 56 cents. Chief executive Roy Campbell has increased his holding in the retailer he joined in 2015 buying shares in an off-market purchase. His holding now amounts to 0.07 percent of the retailer.
(BusinessDesk)
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