New Zealand Shares Fall 0.5%, Westpac Slides After Result -- Market Talk
New Zealand Shares Fall 0.5%, Westpac Slides After Result -- Market Talk
0437 GMT - New Zealand's NZX-50 closed a light-volume session 0.5% lower at 13030.31 after broad losses. The main drags on the index were Mainfreight, which continued to retreat from recent highs, power utilities and Auckland International Airport after it flagged debt-raising plans. Property stocks were mixed and retirement-village operators weakened. Stock-market operator NZX was one of the top percentage gainers, rising 1.7% after an upgrade to outperform by Forsyth Barr. Westpac, which has its main listing on the ASX, slumped 6.3% in New Zealand on expectations consensus earnings forecasts will be lowered due to the lower margins that were evident in its FY result. (stephen.wright@wsj.com)
0437GMT-新西蘭NZX-50指數收盤小幅下跌0.5%，至13030.31點，此前該指數普遍下跌。拖累該指數的主要因素是MainFreight，該股繼續從近期高位回落，電力公用事業和奧克蘭國際機場(Auckland International Airport)在宣佈舉債計劃後繼續回落。房地產類股漲跌互現，退休村經營者走弱。股市運營商NZX是百分比漲幅最大的公司之一，在Forsyth Barr上調評級至跑贏大盤後，該股上漲1.7%。主要在澳交所上市的西太平洋銀行(Westpac)在新西蘭股市暴跌6.3%，原因是市場預期，由於財年業績明顯利潤率較低，普遍的收益預期將被下調。(stehen.wright@wsj.com)
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