The New Zealand sharemarket came to life with a late spurt – just as the Conservatives conceded a heavy defeat to the Labour Party in the British election.

Australian and United States stocks continued to climb but an uncertain New Zealand sharemarket shed nearly 0.5% as it looked ahead to next week’s decisive Reserve Bank of NZ meeting.

It was a flat day on the New Zealand sharemarket, but some confidence returned to Synlait Milk after arranging new loan terms with its bankers, and Port of Tauranga found a new lease of life.

The New Zealand sharemarket drifted lower as business confidence continues to slide and disinflation takes over.

The New Zealand sharemarket began the second half of the year with a rise of more than 0.5%, boosted by the leading energy stocks and a rebound from Fletcher Building after completing a major hotel project..

The New Zealand sharemarket fell 1% as business and consumer confidence weakened further, but inflation expectations were lower.

The New Zealand sharemarket shrugged off an unexpectedly high inflation rate across the Tasman and surged 1%, its second successive strong gain.

The New Zealand sharemarket followed a strong lead from over the Tasman and gained more than half a percent, with blue-chip stocks coming alight.

The New Zealand sharemarket was lower on another downgrade from The Warehouse Group, which forecast its operating earnings plunging nearly 65% in 12 months.

New Zealand shares fell in a late flurry of activity as investors digested the quarterly rebalancing of the S&P/NZX and FTSE Russell indices tracked by passive investment funds.

New Zealand shares rallied as data showed a swelling population helped drag the economy out of recession.

New Zealand shares fell as investors ponder the nation’s tight monetary policy ahead of economic data poised to show whether or not the country’s out of recession.

New Zealand shares joined a global rally, with Infratil one of the frontrunners after the infrastructure investment firm resumed trading fresh off a successful $1 billion to institutional investors.

New Zealand shares fell in subdued trading conditions, driven partly by investors selling out of other positions to participate in Infratil’s mammoth $1.15 billion capital raising.

An earnings downgrade from Steel & Tube put a dampener on sharemarket sentiment after a mostly flat and directionless day’s trading.

New Zealand’s sharemarket snapped a five-day losing streak as it joined a global rally on optimism that slower-than-expected US inflation might lead to earlier interest rate cuts.