Wellington, April 6 NZPA - The New Zealand share market rose on modest volume on Monday as sentiment in most financial markets turned positive.

Wellington, March 20 NZPA - An announcement is awaited on the progress of Nuplex Industries' capital raising, after a planned new share placement reportedly failed to get enough support.

Wellington, March 13 NZPA - The New Zealand share market gained along with a rising United States stock market but not at the same pace.

Wellington, March 10 NZPA - The sharemarket closed a touch lower today with little in the way of company news to provide direction. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 6.47 points, or 0.26 percent, at 2462.7, having lost just 1.9 points yesterday. Turnover totalled $75.4 million.

Wellington, Feb 27 NZPA - Global financial services firm ABN Amro is withdrawing from New Zealand with the loss of jobs. The move is an embarrassment for the Government and NZX chief executive Mark Weldon on the day of the jobs summit.

Wellington, Feb 19 NZPA - Nuplex shares fell 16 percent to $1.55 today after the company said it is talking to its bankers after breaching a debt covenant. The maker of resins released a profit downgrade this month and has been out of favour with investors since then.

Wellington, Feb 19 NZPA - Resin manufacturer Nuplex says it is talking with its banks about its debt cover and is not holding any information back from the sharemarket, as its share price has plunged nearly 40 percent.

Wellington, Feb 4 NZPA - The New Zealand share market reversed early gains to close lower but brokers said volume was light ahead of the holiday weekend.

Wellington, Feb 3 NZPA - The sharemarket recovered a little today but investors were given little in the way of direction by listed companies, with the results season not kicking off until next week.

Wellington, Jan 28 NZPA - Citigroup will use First NZ Capital to trade shares in New Zealand but will continue to have a research team covering the New Zealand market.