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NZ shares steady despite Air NZ's descent

Thursday 31st of March 2022

The S&P/NZX 50 Index rose 11 points, or 0.1%, to 12,110.26. Turnover was high at $277.2 million.

A huge chunk of this volume was traded through Air NZ with investors swapping almost 11m shares at a value of just under $14m.

Shares in the airline fell 6.2% to $1.29, which is a significant drop but small relative to the 35% discount – at 53 cents ­– offered in the $1.2 billion capital raise announced last night.

Hobson Wealth director, Brad Gordon, told BusinessDesk the shares were attracting buyers as they still carry the right to participate in the capital raise until the close of trading on Friday.

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