NZ sharemarket ends week down 0.4% – Market close

Graham SkellernBusinessDesk·31 Jul, 2026 06:13 AM4 mins to readOn Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average recovered more than half of the previous day’s loss, gaining 1.19% to 52,208. The rally was mainly driven by Microsoft, rising 15.51% to US$451.10, and Goldman Sachs, up 4.5% to $$1024.86. Photo / BloombergThe New Zealand sharemarket ended a volatile week with a late fall – unable to maintain the momentum of a reassuring rebound in technology stocks on Wall Street. The S&P/NZX 50 Index traded strongly in the morning, reaching a high of 13,943.33. But the sharp fall in the