New Zealand’s market edged lower today but held up well compared to international markets, especially in response to the Bank of Japan’s surprise intervention to help its sinking currency.

It was action stations across domestic and international markets today, with the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) deciding on a 75 basis-point interest-rate hike this morning, an announcement which sent the New Zealand dollar plummeting to its lowest point since March 2020.

Air New Zealand shares flew up today after it released encouraging half-year earnings guidance in the range of $200 million to $275m.

The New Zealand dollar fell to an almost two-and-a-half year low while stocks had a mixed day in NZ’s market.

It was quiet on New Zealand’s sharemarket today, with the index ending the day flat, as little corporate – or global – news and last week’s shock inflation data out of the US left investors pensive.

New Zealand's sharemarket lost further ground on Friday, having already suffered a significant fall on Wednesday when US inflation data was released.

Church management software company Pushpay plunged almost 15% while NZ’s market ended the day flat – which was markedly better than yesterday when the index fell more than 1%.

Global stock markets were awash with red ink overnight – which seeped into NZ’s market today – after US inflation data came in higher than forecast.

New Zealand’s stock market ended in the red as fresh house price data kept a lid on property stocks and retirement village operators.

New Zealand’s market rose today – thanks to positive sentiment from Wall Street on Friday – while Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund units jumped for a second day on the back of the dairy co-op raising its earnings guidance last week.

The death today of Queen Elizabeth II – Britain’s oldest and longest-reigning monarch – brought tributes from across the world, but stock and currency markets globally remained largely unchanged.

New Zealand’s market jumped up today thanks to US stocks having a good rally overnight and it was the second day this week for NZ’s index to have a better than below average turnover, after over a week of very low volume traded.

New Zealand's headline share index fell on Wednesday following a decline on Wall Street after data showed the US services sector continued to grow during August despite higher interest rates.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiked the cash rate up by a widely expected 50 basis points, with RBA governor Philip Lowe saying the Australian central bank remained committed to returning inflation to the 2-3% range.

Both corporate news and trading were thin on the equities market today with many investors looking ahead and abroad to work out what comes next for the global economy.

The New Zealand dollar spent another day below 61 US cents which is the first time the kiwi has traded so low against the greenback since mid-July.