The Kiwi dollar touched a six-month high against the GBP as investors push out expectations for a hike in UK interest rates.

Wall Street moved lower with the price of oil amid concern about the global glut at a time of weakening worldwide economic growth.

Bullish sentiment drives dairy firm's stock up 11.1 per cent on positive day for Nuplex and power companies.

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Wall Street rose after a report showed the US economy expanded more than expected in the third quarter thanks to consumer spending, and as oil rebounded.

An obscure metal used to make steel has become this year's worst-performing commodity.

There has been a lot of discussion around the NZX's new NXT market and if it will succeed and flourish, or languish as the NZAX market has.

All eyes will be on the NZ stockmarket as it opens this morning after global equity markets fell amid slumping oil prices.

Shares of A2 Milk soared to a record after the milk marketer raised its annual earnings forecast.

With the year coming to a close, Stock Takes has a look at some of the sharemarket winners and losers of 2015.

Kiwi mortgage holders may see an increase in longer fixed term rates over the coming weeks after the US Federal Reserve lift rates this morning.

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Fed ends the "zero-rate era" - signals 4 quarter-point increases for next year.

Kingfish, the NZX-listed investment company managed by Fisher Funds Management, has sold its stake in SkyTV because of concerns about the increased cost of delivering new services and the arrival of....

Chorus shares touched a record high after Commerce Commission's copper pricing announcement.

New Zealand's capital markets and those in them need a wake-up call.

New Zealand shares rose as high-yielding stocks became more attractive after Thursday's interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank, with Meridian Energy, Contact Energy and Steel & Tube Holdings all advancing.

Picture this. It's 5.30pm in Beijing, or possibly Shanghai. Workers are preparing to head home from the office, but the traffic is apocalyptic.

It only took seven years, but zero interest rates are about to be a thing of the past. The question, though, is for how long.

Why do we have so few IPOs in New Zealand? The NZX will have only three main board IPOs in the current year compared with 12 in 2014 and seven in 2013.

When it comes to holiday shopping, tech products are once again at the top of wishlists across America.

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said she is increasingly confident that the economy is growing sufficiently to achieve labor-market improvement and higher inflation, laying the groundwork for a December interest-rate increase if data hold up.