Pushpay Holdings was the most traded stock on New Zealand's market today as investors weighed up the merits of the $1.53 billion takeover offer. 

SkyCity’s shareholders weren’t pleased with the casino operator at its annual meeting but the share price still jumped almost 4% on the back of its first-quarter earnings lifting 10%.

The New Zealand dollar hit a month high today while shares in healthcare manufacturer Ebos bounced up on the news of the company’s $3 billion revenue in its first quarter.

Rubber goods manufacturer Skellerup and building materials and construction services company Fletcher Building pulled New Zealand’s market up by its bootstraps today.

Logistics company Mainfreight helped pull New Zealand’s stock market higher as it continued to ride a wave of upbeat earnings guidance from Friday.

Mainfreight’s shares hit a recent high after the global logistics company flagged a solid first half, but that wasn’t enough to keep the benchmark index in positive territory.

New Zealand’s market started the day with more pep in its step before trailing into the red by early evening, not helped by healthcare manufacturer Fisher & Paykel Healthcare slumping almost 4.5%.

New Zealand’s market was still digesting yesterday’s surprising inflation figures today, while dairy updates and swap rates were the biggest news for the rest of the market.

New Zealand’s market bounced up into the green even as unexpected consumer price figures stoked inflation worries.

A flurry of corporate news kept New Zealand’s share market occupied but the market still ended the day in a sombre mood as investors braced themselves for the release of NZ inflation data on Tuesday.

New inflation data out of the US overnight New Zealand time drove down US markets which then later soared, all before NZ investors had managed to drink their first coffee of the day.

The New Zealand market ended the day in the red as cautious investors wait to see what the US consumer price index (CPI) data says about inflation tomorrow.

Tourism Holdings surprised New Zealand’s market with new earnings guidance that pushed the company’s shares up by almost 7% and gave the index a boost as investors wait to see what’s revealed in new inflation data out of the US later this week.

New Zealand’s market perked up a little today after yesterday’s sharp decline of 1.7%, but investors are still hanging back to see what the economic tea leaves reveal in US data this week.

Pushpay surprised New Zealand’s market with a late trading halt this afternoon before revealing the software company had received another “non-binding proposal” that it was continuing to assess.

New Zealand shares gave up a short-lived rally on Friday, falling ahead of the release of important employment data over the weekend.