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The NZ market added to gains in September, with the NZX 50 market index adding +0.4% for the month and trading at all-time highs. In contrast, the Australian market retraced from 10-year highs, with the ASX 200 market index losing -1.77% in September.

Global markets were higher overnight, helped by high-flying shares of Alphabet and Netflix, as well as the US Federal Reserve’s confidence in the strength of the US economy.

Global markets were mostly lower overnight as the US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 2.00 percent to 2.25 percent

Global markets were mixed overnight as a boost from the energy sector helped offset losses in chipmakers and rate-sensitive shares ahead of an expected Federal Reserve interest rate hike.

One of our key medium-term investment themes is that a tourism boom across Australia and NZ will be a multi-year tailwind for tourism facing businesses, and solid NZ tourism data released last week reinforces our view.

We believe China has the most to lose from an all-out trade war, and to date the Chinese market has been hit hard. Many markets are at all-time highs such as the US and NZ markets, with the Australian market at a decade high, while the Chinese market is

Global markets rallied overnight with the US stock markets hitting new record highs as investor concerns over US-China trade spat cleared away and focus shifted to the strength of the economy.

Base metal prices lifted across board yesterday on the back of more positive trade sentiment as China remained muted in its immediate response to the latest round of tariffs. That lifted sentiment for the local ASX miners, who led the Australian market. T

Global markets were higher overnight as Wall Street bounced back, as investors shrugged off escalating trade rhetoric between the United States and China.