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A sell-off of New Zealand stocks this week could be just a taste of things to come, says a prominent market strategist.

New Zealand shares have bounced back following a savage sell-off yesterday.

Software developer's stock has done well since falling off cliff.

New Zealand shares rose after Tegel Group said it had been cleared to export raw poultry to Australia, Trade Me Group reported stronger

Trustpower may now have to pay nearly $15 million in tax and interest after losing a Supreme Court appeal.

Xero sees potential for sales growth among businesses in ''English-speaking'' southeast Asia, provided they can wean them off hand-written ledgers.

The NZX is the first of the world's sharemarkets to open after the turmoil of Friday.

New Zealand shares fell as fears around the potential for Britain to exit the European Union continued to erode risk appetite.

NZX posted a 9.6 per cent gain in first-quarter revenue as more companies turned to the debt market to raise funds.

Aaron Coupe had admitted running a business while bankrupt and concealing income.

Local fund managers are not pushing the panic button despite plunging world sharemarkets and plummeting oil prices.

Casino operator forecasts healthy lift in first-half profit as a result of higher turnover and lower costs.

The NZ sharemarket ended the first trading day of 2016 down just under 1 per cent, as concerns about world growth sent major markets sharply lower.

Markets reporter Christopher Adams looks at last year's winners and losers on the stockmarket.

Brokers are picking Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Diligent and Infratil to be among the NZX's top-performing stocks in 2016.

There has been a lot of discussion around the NZX's new NXT market and if it will succeed and flourish, or languish as the NZAX market has.

Xero slowed its quarterly cash burn during July to September as customer receipts rose more quickly than its wage costs.

The good times have well and truly returned with the S&P/NZX 50 breaking through the 6000 mark for the first time today to close at a fresh record.

Investors adopt a 'risk-on' attitude as trade pact is finalised and amid speculation US will keep interest rates low.

Shares go against international trend at end of volatile quarter where Fed and China took turns in spotlight.

Share prices firmed by just under one per cent after major offshore markets surged higher overnight.

In the first minutes of trade, the S&P/NZX50 was up 28 points, led by post-result gains from Air NZ and Metlifecare.

New Zealand experts surveying the fallout from China's "Black Monday" stock market tumble will look to see if it reflects bigger problems in that country's economy, which is a big buyer of our exports and a source of tourists.

The New Zealand sharemarket staged a comeback yesterday after being 2.5 per cent down at one point but China's sharemarket rout continues.

The New Zealand dollar bounced from a six-year low after two days of turmoil spurred by the prospect of deteriorating Chinese economy.

NZ shares have stabilised, with the S&P/NZX50 index down just 9 points today.