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Market close: Gentrack continues strong run on mixed day for NZ stocks

By Graham Skellern
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4 Dec, 2023 05:21 AM4 mins to read

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Synlait Milk, down 8c or 6.06 per cent to $1.24, is coming out of the NZX 50. Photo / NZME

Synlait Milk, down 8c or 6.06 per cent to $1.24, is coming out of the NZX 50. Photo / NZME

Top 50 additions Gentrack and Turners Automotive had strong rises while the New Zealand sharemarket lacked direction and finished flat.

It was a familiar pattern for the S&P/NZX 50 Index, falling in the morning and recovering in the afternoon. The index closed at 11,367.81, up 0.3 points but no percentage change, after reaching an intraday low of 11,311.02.

There were 81 gainers and 53 decliners over the whole market on light trading of 27.22 million shares worth $87.61 million.

Utilities software company Gentrack and vehicle dealer Turners, both being added to the NZX 50 index on December 18, rose 39c or 6.3 per cent to a five-year high of $6.58, and 11c or 2.35 per cent to $4.80 respectively.

Matt Goodson, managing director of Salt Funds Management, said the aggressive trading in Gentrack and Turners was “a bit surprising given they were expected to join the top 50. Overall, it was a mixed market.”

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Synlait Milk, down 8c or 6.06 per cent to $1.24, and Pacific Edge, up 0.002c or 2.08 per cent to 9.8c, are coming out of the NZX 50.

Gentrack continues to set the pace after also producing a strong annual result and upgrading its earnings for the current 2024 financial year. It has risen from $5.16 in a week and is now up 141 per cent over the past 12 months. Gentrack is in sight of its all-time high of $7.30 achieved on May 30, 2018.

Insurer Tower, down 1c to 58c, provided interest after telling the market it is reviewing its ownership structure and has engaged financial adviser Goldman Sachs New Zealand.

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Goodson said Bain Capital bought a 20 per cent stake in Tower after Suncorp failed to get Commerce Commission permission to become involved.

“Tower has cleaned up its business in Christchurch and installed a successful IT system. It’s time to look around and see if someone else can be a higher-value owner.

“May be there is some corporate interest in Tower. It will be interesting over the next two to three months to see if anything emerges,” said Goodson.

Online travel provider Serko climbed 16c or 3.86 per cent to $4.31 and has risen 55 per cent over the past year. Fellow software firm Vista Group was up 8c or 5.84 per cent to $1.45.

Freightways gained 13c to $8.34; Mainfreight collected 57c to $68.07; a2 Milk rose 15c or 3.62 per cent to $4.29; Ryman Healthcare was up 6c to $5.41; Michael Hill added 2c or 2.33 per cent to 88c; and Heartland Group increased 5c or 3.14 per cent to $1.64.

Genesis Energy was up 3.5c to $2.405. Genesis has confirmed full-year operating earnings (ebitdaf) guidance at $430m, in the 2025 financial year $500m, and between 2026 and 2028 in the mid-high $500m. The current-year dividend is forecast at 14c a share.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare was down 47c or 1.97 per cent to $23.34; Mercury Energy dropped 14c or 2.24 per cent to $6.12; Manawa declined 6c to $4.46; Seeka shed 12c or 4.62 per cent to $2.48; and Oceania Healthcare decreased 3c or 4.17 per cent to 69c.

The Warehouse Group declined 4c or 2.25 per cent to $1.74; Scales Corp shed 8c or 2.62 per cent to $2.97; CDL Investments fell 3c or 3.61 per cent per cent to 80c; Allied Farmers the same, down 3c or 3.61 per cent to 80c; and PGG Wrightson gave up 6c to $3.40.

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Sky TV decreased 7c or 2.48 per cent to $2.75; AFT Pharmaceuticals was down 8c or 21.38 per cent to $3.28; and Comvita shed 5c or 2 per cent to $2.45.

Property for Industry, down 2c to $2.20, has sold a property occupied by Move Freight in Blenheim for $7.45m, just below its December 2022 valuation of $8m. Goodman Property Trust declined 3.5c to $2.405.

Medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience, down 0.005c or 3.45 per cent to 14c, is exploring alternative supply partnerships after Cann Group gave 12 months’ notice to terminate its contract. Rua said there had been recent quality issues with Cann’s export products.

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