S&P 500 — US Large Cap Index
FTSE 100 — UK Blue Chips
Euro Stoxx 50 — Eurozone Leaders
DAX 40 — German Equities
CAC 40 — French Market Index
Nikkei 225 — Japan Benchmark
Hang Seng — Hong Kong Index
Shanghai Composite — China Mainland
ASX 200 — Australian Market
TSX Composite — Canada Index
Nifty 50 — India Large Cap
STI Index — Singapore Market
KOSPI — South Korea Index
Bovespa — Brazil Equities
JSE Top 40 — South Africa Index
IPC Index — Mexico Market
New Zealand’s stocks added 129 points, or 0.9%, to close at 13,903 on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous two sessions, buoyed by gains in the tech, healthcare, materials, and financial sectors. The broader index closed close to its record high of 13,977, touched on July 29, tracking gains on Wall Street overnight, supported by a rally in technology stocks and easing oil prices amid hopes of US-Iran peace talks. Further moderating oil prices also supported sentiment, as inflation concerns eased, tempering expectations of an interest rate hike. However, traders remained cautious ahead of the release of New Zealand’s unemployment data on Wednesday, with the market expecting it to edge up to 5.4% in Q2. Traders also anticipated the release of a slew of US data, including jobs data, for guidance on the US economic outlook. Among the top gainers were Fisher & Paykel (2.8%), Westpac Banking Corp. (2.3%), Meridian Energy (2.3%), Infratil (2.0%), Freightways Group (1.1%).
