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Fisher & Paykel Healthcare slid 2.7 per cent to $34.55 on turnover valued at $23 million, adding to pressure on the index. That followed a sell-off in growth stocks in the United States after comments from US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about the need for rising interest rates. RICKY WILSON/Stuff “They seemed to be taken slightly out of context,” Main said. “I think everyone realises rates will rise as the economy improves and inflation goes up, it’s just a question of when but I guess it just highlights how sensitive that market is when things are stretched.” Blue chip tra...
However, rising yields remained a big factor and would continue to dominate sharemarkets through the year, Main said. As inflation rises, interest rates go up, giving investors an alternative to stocks as returns from money in the bank also rise. The market was not being decimated, “but we’re seeing some of the cream come off”, he said. LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff The New Zealand sharemarket clawed back most of Monday’s losses with a 3.4 per cent jump in the price of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, to $28.29 a share. The big challenge for investment markets this year was the stand-off between...
LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff The New Zealand sharemarket spent the day in the red. Stocks that performed well on Thursday included Sky City, up 2.5 per cent to $3.21; Mainfreight, up 2.2 per cent to $68.60; Freightways, up 1.2 per cent to $10.98; and Fletcher Building, up 0.9 per cent to $6.60. “I’d tend to say those stocks are maybe reopening type stocks that aren’t overly interest-rate sensitive,” said Main. “Growth is coming through, people are looking forward to that reopening story.” On the down side were more interest rate-sensitive stocks including Auckland International Airport...
The New Zealand sharemarket ended the week with a small slip as the flow of company reports paused.