Wellington, Oct 15 NZPA - Fletcher Building shares ended down 3c at 835 but traded as high as 846 in a weak market today on news Fletcher Construction will manage building repairs for 50,000 houses damaged in the Canterbury earthquake.

Wellington, Sept 2 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket rose for a second consecutive day after a strong Fonterra online milk powder auction followed news of strength in the Australian and Chinese economies yesterday.

Wellington, Sept 1 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket rose strongly today as news of vigour in the Australian economy outweighed the fallout from the collapse of South Canterbury Finance yesterday. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 40.998 points, or 1.35 percent, to 3077.1.

Wellington, Aug 27 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket ended lower today as profit announcements continued to flow and investors pondered the future of South Canterbury Finance, which has listed debt securities now on trading halt.

Wellington, July 22 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket fell today after stocks in the United States were hit by a dour assessment of the US recovery from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.

Wellington, July 14 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket rose for its eighth trading day in nine after stocks in the United States rallied for a sixth straight day as the earnings season got off to a good start.

Wellington, July 8 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket rose for a fifth consecutive day as financial markets around the world were jolted to life after United States stocks logged their best one-day gain in about six weeks.

Wellington, July 2 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket ended a week in which global data stole the show on a flat note.

Wellington, June 30 NZPA - New Zealand shares followed world stock markets down in a sell-off triggered by increasing alarm over the global economic outlook and European bank liquidity, though brokers said losses here were not as big as elsewhere.

Wellington, June 25 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket ended a lacklustre week with another restrained performance on a day in which boardroom differences at GPG erupted into the public domain.