Meridian, Contact, Genesis, Mercury and Trustpower shares fall in sharpest NZX drop in four months
11 Jan, 2021 05:15 AM
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Contact Energy's share price fell as gentailers were hit in trading today. Photo / File
NZ Herald
By: Graham Skellern
The high-flying energy stocks were mauled by profit-taking as the New Zealand sharemarket suffered its heaviest fall in four months.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index slumped 268.10 points or 1.98 per cent to 13,290.09. The index
beat the previous biggest drop of 1.91 per cent on September 4 when it closed 11,824.31.
There were 68 gainers and 79 decliners over the whole market on steady volume of 110.2 million shares worth $159.93