KEY POINTS:
A good year for sharemarket investors has transformed into a strong result for the Stock Exchange.
The NZX has reported a 61 per cent increase in pre-tax profit this morning to ten-point-five million dollars.
Net profit was six-point-four million dollars, an increase of 31 per cent, on revenue of 25 million dollars.
Most of the extra income has been generated by selling market information, rather than from fees for trades.
The information business generated six-point-one million dollars in revenue, an increase of 82 per cent over the figure for 2005.
- NEWSTALK ZB
