Wellington, Sept 28 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket rose today care of strength in selected leading shares, including Fletcher Building. The rise came even though the Australian market was weaker and after the US market dropped on Friday.

Wellington, Sept 18 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket eased in early trading as leading stock Telecom gave up 1 percent.

Wellington, Sept 16 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket rose today but not as much as key markets in Asia as the share price of market leader Telecom dipped, then recovered on a government broadband announcement.

Wellington, Sept 16 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket fell in early trade as top stock Telecom gave up 3.4 percent. Telecom shares were down 9c to 259, on top of a 4c fall yesterday.

Wellington, Sept 15 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket had another fairly quiet session today, reflecting order flows in the absence of local news.

Wellington, Sept 4 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket made a modest gain in early trading as investors continued to show interest in Fletcher Building shares. The benchmark NZSX-50 index was up 4.62 points to 3096.19 around 10.15am, after gaining 16.9 points yesterday.

Wellington, Aug 21 NZPA - Shares in Telecom, the country's largest listed company, slipped on the New Zealand sharemarket after the company reported its annual result today.

Wellington, Aug 21 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar stepped lower today when risk aversion increased. The culprit this time was a report that China plans to tighten capital requirements for banks to curb the record lending that has fuelled a 60 percent rise in the nation's stock market.

Wellington, Aug 21 NZPA - Shares in Telecom, the country's largest listed company, slipped in early trading on the New Zealand stock exchange after the company reported its full year results today.

Wellington, Aug 13 NZPA - TelstraClear says consumers do not like to give up their broadband access even in a recession and that has helped it more than double annual earnings before interest and tax.