Wellington, Sept 9 NZPA - Telecom shares ended down 5.16 percent today after the company failed to get the first bite at the Government's ultra-fast broadband cherry and the fall proved a drag on the market as a whole.

Wellington, Feb 8 NZPA -The New Zealand sharemarket drifted lower today after receiving mixed signals from offshore and as investors wait for Telecom to report earnings on Friday.

Wellington, Dec 18 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket posted gains in thin trading today care of rises in selected leading shares, most notably Telecom and Contact Energy.

Wellington, Dec 17 NZPA - The price of Allied Farmers shares dropped like a stone when they resumed trading today while Nuplex and Hallenstein Glasson rose after expressing optimism about profit outlooks.

Wellington, Nov 17 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket gave up early gains to close lower on fairly light turnover. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 42.452 points, or 1.338 percent, at 3131.515, having opened up around 15 points.

Wellington, Nov 17 NZPA - Funds manager Alliance Bernstein, which manages $4 billion in New Zealand client funds, is closing its operations based in this country and will service local clients out of Sydney and Melbourne.