Telecom Boosts Market in New Zealand

Telecom Boosts Market in New ZealandThe remarkable gain the New Zealand share market has been boosted by the stock rise in its telecom sector.

Despite a slip in the global equities last weekend, the Market in New Zealand opened with a bang. Telecom gained by 1.6% initially reaching 189, along with fishing Company Sanford gaining 5c to 430 and Warehouse rising by 2c to 350.

The benchmark NZX-50 index reportedly surged by 7.6 points to 3055.35, reaching a final gain of 12.9-point on Friday.

However, the shower and tapware Companies' shares fell by 2c to 156 due to the 22.2% dip in the yearly net profit, which amounted to $7.8 million.

On a similar note, the stocks in US markets also fell on Friday, marking the worst months' record since the recession.

The industrial average for Dow Jones fell by 1.2% to 10,136.63, followed by the Standard & Poor's 500 Index which dropped by 1.2% to 1089.41. In addition, the Nasdaq Composite Index slipped by 0.9% to 2257.04.

This month, the Dow fell 7.9%, the S&P dropped 8.2% and the Nasdaq suffered 8.3% slip.

Since February 2009, the decline has reportedly been the worst for Dow and S&P. meanwhile, the Nasdaq suffered its worst drop this month, since November 2008.