Market close: Investor confidence returning as sharemarket rises more than 1 per cent 8 Apr, 2021 05:35 AM 4 minutes to read Tourism Holdings had strong day, rising 7c or 2.63 per cent to $2.73. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald By: Graham Skellern Buyers were again active as the New Zealand sharemarket took a lead from positive offshore bourses to post more than one per cent gain – representing a rise of nearly two per cent in two trading days. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 index hit all-time highs this week, the London FTSE 100 Index was up 0.9 per cent overnight, the Hong Kong and China market were ahead, and the Australian S&P/ASX 200 Index was up 0.89 per cent to 6900 points at 5.45pm (NZ time).