Global shares retreated for a fifth day, poised for their biggest weekly decline since 2011.

The New Zealand dollar regained ground after China fixed the yuan reference rate marginally higher.

Share markets around the world continue to tumble as billionaire George Soros warned of more trouble ahead and urged investors to be cautious.

Expect a resurrection of technology initial public offerings in 2016 as private fundraising options cool.

Wall Street moved lower for a second straight day in the new calendar year.

KiwiSaver members are being urged not to panic after share markets around the world tumbled over concerns about China and the Middle East.

NZ shares are falling on the first trading day of 2016 after markets on both sides of the Atlantic tumbled overnight.

Stock markets fall sharply and billions are wiped off leading companies as investors get nervous over China slump and tensions in the Middle East.

China's economic rebalancing remained intact as the first economic reports of 2016 signaled manufacturing weakened for a fifth straight month.

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New Zealand shares rose to a record on the last day of the year.

New Zealand shares rose, led by Auckland International Airport, Goodman Property Trust and Z Energy, while A2 Milk fell from a record high.

The Australian and Kiwi dollars have gone from the worst performers among major peers to the best as traders.

India will be laying out the welcome mat to global bond funds on day one of 2016.

The only way to truly understand China's stock market is by learning the tactics of traders who routinely manipulate it.

Hedge funds are betting your morning cup of coffee is going to get cheaper.

As more viewers opt to pay less for TV - or cut the cord altogether - Disney's heaping of stunningly pricey sports-TV contracts looks riskier every year.

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.

Why do items marketed to women cost an average 7 per cent more than similar products aimed at men?

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.

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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.