Wellington, May 14 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket closed lower on a day in which other markets were even weaker as investors beaten up by recent market volatility remained cautious.

Wellington, May 14 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket opened slightly down this morning, failing to build on yesterday's gains. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed yesterday up 1.26 percent at 3195.803, helped by a recovery in Fletcher Building shares.

Wellington, March 9 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket eased today, turning its back on nine consecutive days of gains despite the release of positive results from two of the smaller companies.

Wellington, March 9 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket was flat in early trading, after nine consecutive days of gains which saw it near a seven-week intraday high yesterday.

Wellington, Oct 1 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket edged ahead in early trading, with a jump in NZ Refining Co's share price helping balance a fall by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare.

Wellington, July 21 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket started the day with sound gains after stocks in the United States jumped, driving the S&P 500 to an eight-month closing high.

Wellington, March 18 NZPA - A robust performance on Wall Street spurred bargain hunters on the New Zealand sharemarket to push the NZX 50 index up 41.6 points to 2606.3, a lift of 1.6 percent. The benchmark index rose 20.4 points on Tuesday and 20.9 points on Monday.

Wellington, March 18 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket rose more than 1 percent in early trade after United States stocks surged on some unexpected good housing news.

Wellington, Nov 26 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket posted modest gains as governments continued to move to fix market excesses. US investors were encouraged by a $US800 billion ($NZ1.5 trillion) Federal Reserve plan to buy mortgage-related debt and back consumer loans.

Wellington, Nov 26 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket was flat in early trading, after stocks in the United States posted some modest gains.