NZX falls as Infratil tumbles thanks to data centre woes – Market close

BusinessDesk19 Oct, 2026 05:33 AM5 mins to readA CDC datacentre. Utilities investor Infratil, the fourth-largest local stock on market capitalisation and which owns about half of CDC, fell 66c or 5.12% to $12.22. Photo / SuppliedA sharp fall by Infratil to a six-month low dragged the New Zealand sharemarket down more than 0.7% as investors waited for the latest inflation numbers. The S&P/NZX 50 Index was weaker in the afternoon – despite a gain across the Tasman – and closed at 13,652.07, a decline of