Insurer Tower's shares slipped three and a half percent as it assessed the impact of the flooding in Auckland and other parts of the upper North Island on a flat day for the New Zealand sharemarket.

After being dragged down New Zealand’s benchmark index in recent months, aged-care provider Ryman Healthcare’s share price has bounced up more than 18% this week.

Even though Australia had its financial out-of-office on due to its increasingly controversial Australia Day public holiday, New Zealand’s market still managed to keep busy today as it chewed over yesterday’s inflation update.

New Zealand’s benchmark index remained unperturbed by the latest consumer price index (CPI) data remaining steady – but still hot.

Stock market operator NZX led the S&P/NZX 50 index lower as investors pondered whether inflation data tomorrow would slow the central bank’s aggressive rate hike cycle.

Travel software provider Serko had a great day on the index, while New Zealand's broader market lost some of Friday’s gains.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare led the New Zealand share market higher today after giving earnings guidance which confirmed its declining earnings have stabilised.

Neither New Zealand’s market nor the dollar barely budged after prime minister Jacinda Ardern made the shocking announcement that she would be resigning from her role next month.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Mainfreight helped pull the market higher as retail card spending declined, but retail shares seemed unaffected by the new data.

Business confidence might’ve gone out the window today but China reopening its economy has put markets everywhere in good spirits.

Shares in cancer diagnostics firm Pacific Edge jumped almost 6% today while New Zealand’s market reacted happily to the news that inflation appears to be slowing, according to much-anticipated consumer price index (CPI) inflationary data.

Investors are impatiently waiting to see what’s revealed in a consumer price index inflation update coming out tonight, while domestically New Zealand’s market was slightly surprised by the property consenting numbers that were released today.

New Zealand’s market edged down slightly today in tandem with the ANZ world commodity price index, which dipped 0.1% in December – given a helping hand by higher aluminium and dairy prices.

New Zealand’s market still very much feels like it has its out-of-office email on, with the local index seeing very low volumes and a conspicuous lack of exciting corporate news for investors to sink their teeth into today.

Equity markets everywhere have been chewing on the billion-dollar question since Friday – has inflation peaked?