A flurry of new listings helped boost sharemarket operator NZX's interim profit and chief executive Tim Bennett says up to six more companies could go public this year.

The Auckland-based company Vista, whose technology is used to manage cinema operations in 63 countries, pulled off a solid stock exchange debut yesterday.

New Zealand's biggest retirement owner/operator Ryman Healthcare confirmed its acquisition of the former Kingsgate Hotel site on Campbell Rd, Auckland.

It is a time for investor caution as asset prices look increasingly stretched, warns Bank of New Zealand economist Stephen Toplis.

Auckland infant formula maker New Image says it is "getting back into production" for the Chinese market now it has finally received clearance to export its products.

Online travel giant Expedia has told New Zealand regulators there will be plenty of competition in the market after its planned buyout of rival booking site Wotif.

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ANZ's commodity price index fell 2.4 per cent last month, led by a decline in dairy products and logs which make up more than half the trade-weighted basket.

Kiwi exporters should look to market more premium products to an increasingly wealthy Chinese consumer, says Shanghai-based economist Mary Boyd.

NZ's second-biggest stock exchange listing this year is underway, with shares in Metro Performance Glass rising 4.1 per cent on their NZX debut.

US policy makers are studying various measures of inflation because the traditional measures can cloud the underlying trajectory.

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The takeover bids launched for two NZX-listed firms yesterday could signal a new phase of heightened acquisition activity on the local sharemarket.

We recently passed the halfway mark for 2014, and the global bull market in equities has continued its seemingly relentless advance, undaunted by geopolitical concerns.

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Analysts have mixed views on the outlook for the upcoming earnings season as some of NZ's biggest and most widely held firms prepare to report their annual results.

Log export prices have dropped sharply since March because demand in New Zealand's biggest market - China - has fallen while supply has substantially increased.