Wellington, June 16 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar continued tailing off against a stronger US dollar today, following the euro and Australian dollar as they declined. By 5pm, the kiwi was at US62.74c, down about US1c from late yesterday afternoon, but above the day's low of US62.40c.

Wellington, June 5 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar opened locally little changed against the greenback from its level 24 hours earlier, but the journey between the two points was bumpy.

Wellington, June 4 NZPA - After solid gains on the past three trading days, the New Zealand sharemarket was down in the first few minutes of trading this morning, in the wake of tumbling stocks in the United States.

Wellington, June 2 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar powered to multi-month highs against major currencies, boosted with other commodity-related currencies by a jump in oil prices and a rise in United States stocks.

Wellington, May 18 NZPA - The New Zealand stock exchange opened to a mixed market Monday morning, with the NZSX-50 index down 2.8 points, after the broader sharemarket in the United States was dragged lower as oil prices declined.

Wellington, May 4 NZPA - The New Zealand share market rose today as Telecom resumed its rally. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 46.356 points, or 1.704 percent, at 2766.273, after a 20.7-point loss on Friday snapped a five-day run of rises.

Wellington, May 4 NZPA - Shares in leading stock Telecom edged ahead in early trading, after their slump on Friday, helping the overall market to an early gain. Telecom, which had been a standout performer for some time, lost 19c on Friday. Early today it was back up 2c to 265.

Wellington, March 12 NZPA - The New Zealand share market ended little changed on a day with a lot of news. A smaller than expected cut in the official cash rate to 3 percent from 3.5 percent moved the currency market but not the share market.

Wellington, March 12 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket edged ahead in early trading after the Reserve Bank cut official interest rates by half a percentage point to 3 percent.

Wellington, March 9 NZPA - The New Zealand share market was little changed today in which there was a dearth of corporate news. The near-flat performance followed similar market performances overseas and brokers said it was a matter of waiting for confidence to return.