On 19th October 2021, the equity market in New Zealand ended in green as sectors like consumer staples, healthcare as well as industrials encountered buying. NZX 50 Index and NZX 20 Index increased by 0.52% and 0.68%, respectively. Also, NZX All Consumer Staples increased 2.39% and NZX All Health Care rose by 0.87%.

Data Source: NZX, Table Source: Copyright © 2021 Kalkine Media
Performance of Indices:
NZX 50 Index closed at 13,065.92, implying ~5.50% increase in the time frame of previous 1 year. MidCap Index and SmallCap Index ended at 6,536.03 and 23,179.22 points, respectively.
S&P/NZX 50 Index vs SmallCap Index vs MidCap Index – Performance Over One Year
Source: EODHD/Others
Gainers and Losers:
Vital Limited (NZX: VTL) was advised by Crown Infrastructure Partners and Next Generation Critical Communications that it has not selected VTL as the preferred party to provide the Land Mobile Radio network forming part of the proposed new Public Safety Network for the emergency services throughout NZ.
Wellington Drive Technologies Limited (NZX: WDT) rose by 5.42% to NZ$0.175 per share.

Data Source: NZX, Table Source: Copyright © 2021 Kalkine Media
Movement on Wall Street:
On 18th October 2021, NASDAQ Composite increased 0.84% to 15,021.81. However, Dow Jones Industrials Average declined by 0.10% to 35,258.61.
Note: The reference data in this article has been partly sourced from EODHD/Others