A lolly mixture of earnings results – ranging from petroleum, telecommunications and property – were released today but it was energy stocks that helped pull New Zealand’s market higher at the close.

New Zealand’s market fell in tandem with Fisher & Paykel Healthcare shares after the healthcare products manufacturer said it expects its first-half revenue to drop by 26% and net profit to more than halve as covid-related sales continue to fade.

A fourth-quarter travel boom helped Auckland International Airport beat its own profit guidance with a net loss of just $11.6 million in the year ended June – but the market didn’t like the airport's vague and uncertain outlook for the year ahead and the stock dragged New Zealand index down by the end of the day.

Halfway through the first week of earnings season, Fletcher Building was the biggest news on the market today after the building materials and construction services company lifted its annual net profit by 42% and beat its own guidance for operating profit.

Energy company Mercury said it's on track for 15 straight years of dividend growth in its full year result today as the earnings season starts to warm up and New Zealand’s market ended the day in positive territory.

New Zealand’s hotly anticipated earnings season kicked off today with electricity and gas supplier Contact Energy the first company to announce its full-year results to the expectant market.

Big exporters struggled on New Zealand’s benchmark index today thanks to the NZ dollar lifting against the greenback while the overnight fall from the tech-heavy Nasdaq also bled into technology stocks across the board..

New Zealand's benchmark share index rose today with optimism boosted by the strong performance on Wall Street overnight.

A2 Milk shares had a rough day and sank 11% earlier this morning on the news it wouldn’t be sending infant formula to the lucrative US market in the near future.

The New Zealand stock market (NZX) had a bit more skip in its step today, with the index moving into positive territory by end of the day's trading.

New Zealand’s market dragged its feet today because the long-awaiting earnings season is just days away and investors aren’t keen to make any big moves until the listed companies’ earnings results are in.

Investors stuck to the sidelines on Friday but look to be in better heart ahead of earnings season, with volumes showing some signs of life and the S&P/NZX 50 index adding 2% over the week.

Briscoe Group’s optimism about the second half of the year brought investors through the doors while A2 Milk continued to benefit from speculation it's about to get a green light to send baby formula to the United States.

Investors continued to hone in on A2 Milk today after last night's flurry of speculation over its access to the US, while weaker jobs data had some analysts predict a slower pace of rate hikes, increasing the allure of companies offering reliable dividends

A2 Milk pushed the S&P/NZX 50 Index into positive territory in a late trading surge on speculation the milk marketing firm might get access to the US.

Pacific Edge shares sank by almost 50% on the possibility its cancer tests will no longer be covered by a major US health insurance company after the cancer diagnostic company’s trading halt was lifted as the market opened today.