NZ Carbon units leap on ETS advice
Jarden wealth management director Greg Main said the carbon credit news had been a surprise for New Zealand’s market which is why the Carbon Fund shot up today. Units in the fund are one of the few ways investors can get exposure to carbon markets, and they rose 7.7% to $2.23 today.
Climate change minister James Shaw said he welcomed the recommendations from the commission because, while ETS settings are updated annually, this is the first time that the commission’s independent, non-partisan advice would inform the process.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 31.5 points, or 0.28%, to 11,135.03. Turnover was $106.4 million.
Main said NZ’s market was “treading water” while it waited for the US Federal Reserve to announce if it was going to hike US interest rates by the market-assumed 75 basis points – or if it would veer away from what was expected.
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