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a2 Milk rises as NZ sharemarket remains flat

Global marketer a2 Milk increased nearly 4% due to a slowing birth rate in its crucial Chinese market as the New Zealand sharemarket finished flat for the second day running.

Wednesday, January 17th 2024, 6:18PM

by BusinessDesk

The S&P/NZX 50 Index traded in a range of 11,723.62 and 11,789.07 – with a stronger performance in the afternoon – and closed at 11,767.03, down 3.72 points or 0.03%.

There were 52 gainers and 79 decliners over the whole market on improved volumes of 24.29 million share transactions worth $83.46m.

Paul Robertshawe, chief investment officer with Octagon Asset Management, said the local market reflected patchy summer trading and light volumes and was gearing up for next month’s corporate reporting season.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.62% to 37,361.12 points, the S&P 500 declined 0.37% to 4765.98, and the Nasdaq Composite decreased 0.19% to 14,944.35.

The US 10 Year Treasury Note yield jumped 12 basis points to 4.071% after a Federal Reserve governor, Christopher Waller, indicated in a speech that the central bank may ease monetary policy slower than Wall Street had anticipated.

At home, a2 Milk rose 17c or 3.96% to $4.46 after China said 9.02m babies were born last year, down from 9.56m in 2022 – the seventh successive year that the number has fallen.

Robertshawe said the latest Chinese birth rate was positive for a2 Milk, which had previously indicated the number of births would be in the low 8m. 

“The birth rate is still down but not as bad as some people thought it would be. And it appears new marriages are increasing, and maybe China has hit the bottom in births.”

The Chinese market makes up about 70% of a2 Milk’s infant formula sales and revenue.

Ryman Healthcare reached a 12-week high after gaining 5c to $6, but other retirement village stocks, Summerset Group, was down 11c to $10.79, and Oceania Healthcare fell 3c or 4.05% to 71c.

Meridian Energy, up 4.5c to $5.61, said in its latest operating report that national hydro storage for the four weeks ending January 12 decreased from 88% to 84% of the historical average, and retail sales volume in December increased 10.3% compared with the previous corresponding month.

At the end of the second quarter, Meridian’s customer numbers were 1.3% higher and retail sales volumes increased 3.8% at a 5.2% higher average price.

Of other energy stocks, Mercury increased 13c or 2.01% to $6.60; Manawa gained 4c to $4.35; and Genesis was down 3.5c to $2.485.

Amongst the small caps, Steel & Tube improved 3c or 2.59% to $1.19; Eroad gained 2c or 2.22% to 92c; Solution Dynamics increased 5c or 3.33% to $1.55; and Cooks Coffee was up 1.3c or 8.13% to 17.3%.

Fisher and Paykel Healthcare, which has an 11.6% weighting on the NZX top 50, was down 27c to $23.29; Ebos Group declined 31c to $35.41; The Warehouse decreased 3c or 1.88% to $1.57; Comvita fell 10c or 4.02% to $2.39; and Scales Corp was down 10c or 2.99% to $3.24.

Of the property companies, Goodman Trust was down 4c or 1.77% to $2.22, and Precinct also declined 4c or 3.10% to $1.25.

NZ King Salmon Investments continued its solid run, gaining 1c or 3.64% to 28.5c. In early November, NZ King was at 19c and had just gained Fisheries NZ backing for its open ocean farm in the Cook Strait.

Channel Infrastructure, declining 2c to $1.43, told the market that fuel shipments reached 900m litres in the three months ending December, up 62m litres on the previous quarter and 13% higher than the fourth quarter in 2022. The increased throughput continues to be driven by strong demand for jet fuel.

Radius Care, down 0.001c to 14.1, has completed the $18.3m sale of the Arran Court rest home in Auckland. The money was used to reduce debt, and Radius said ASB has agreed to extend the expiry date of the remaining $4.7m short-term borrowings from January 31 this year to Nov 1, 2026.

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