Market Close: Sharemarket edges closer to correction territory as Covid lockdown bites again
Market Close: Sharemarket edges closer to correction territory as Covid lockdown bites again 15 Feb, 2021 05:01 AM 4 minutes to read Local shares fell again as Auckland goes back into Level 3 lockdown NZ Herald By: Graham Skellern The latest Auckland lockdown put a dampener on the New Zealand sharemarket and those stocks most affected by the Covid pandemic as the leading index fell another half per cent and moved closer to a real correction. The S&P/NZX 50 Index was down 79.08 points or 0.63 per cent to 12,510.56, after reaching an intraday low of 12,469.12. With only one ga...