NZ shares snap six-day decline
Many New Zealand shares bounced back from a six-day slump as investors began to see bargains in the depressed prices with the benchmark equity index down more than 7% this year.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index rose 86.63 points, or 0.7%, to 12,227.29. Within the index, 25 stocks fell, 24 rose and one was unchanged. Turnover was $383 million.
A raft of positive results from listed companies, in the past two weeks, have been overshadowed by rising interest rates which caused the share market to fall significantly.
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