Wellington, Oct 19 NZPA - Shares in drinks company Charlie's Group are on a trading halt today ahead of a material announcement, stock exchange operator NZX said this morning.

Wellington, Oct 11 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket had a lacklustre start to the week, with little movement in stock prices in early trading.

Wellington, Oct 11 NZPA - The Reserve Bank and New Zealand sharemarket operator NZX today announced that they would continue to run separate, competitive clearing and settlement services, but with full interoperabilty, for capital markets.

Wellington, Oct 5 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket ended the session on a negative note, with very few top-50 stocks bucking the downward trend. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed down 10.6 points, or 0.3 percent, at 3218.3, following yesterday's nearly 16-point gain.

Wellington, Oct 5 NZPA - Interest in the New Zealand sharemarket recovered last month following a global market slump, with the NZX reporting an increase in capital raised and trading activity compared with a month earlier.

Wellington, Oct 5 NZPA - Discount retailer The Warehouse says it has no explanation for a sharp gain in its shares, after market operator NZX queried the move.

Wellington, Sept 16 NZPA - There was no way of knowing if the New Zealand sharemarket was up or down this morning when market operator NZX experienced a failure in multiple hardware servers. NZX said index feeds were disrupted as a result of the failure and were restored mid-morning.

Wellington, Sept 7 NZPA - Stock exchange operator NZX saw a fall in value and volume of total trades in August compared to the same month last year.

Wellington, Sept 3 NZPA - NZX Ltd's new NZCDC Settlement System has passed a regulatory hurdle ahead of its start date on Monday. Settlement systems, or payment systems, essentially carry out the necessary processes to complete, or settle, transactions.

Wellington, Aug 18 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket posted modest gains today on the back of a rise in its biggest stock, Fletcher Building, after it reported earnings. The benchmark NZX-50 index gained 11.635 points, or 0.387 percent, to 3018.182.