To the markets where the NZX50 is up six points to 3,123.

AMP down 2c to $7.73, AMP NZ Office Trust down 1c to 77c, Aust Foundation Invest down 1c to $6.49, Caledonia Investment down 15c to $34.60, City of London down 4c to $5.40, Infratil down 2c to $1.62, PGG Wrightson down 2c to 64c, Port of Tauranga down 5c to $7.00, Ryman Healthcare down 2c to $2.04, Telecom down 1c to $2.37.

Contact Energy up 4c to $5.74, Fletcher Building up 3c to $7.68, NZ Refining 8p 8c to $4.08, Pyne Gould Corp up 1c to 45c, Rakon up 1c to $1.14, Restaurant Brands up 2c to $1.62, Sky City Entertainment up 1c to $3.28, Templeton EM IT Plc Ord up 4c to $11.44, The Warehouse up 4c to $4.06, Tower up 3c to $1.92.

The New Zealand dollar is buying 72.12 US cents, 79.64 Australian cents, 49.62 euro cents, 64.64 yen and 44.30 pence.

The 90 day bank rate is 2.78 percent and the TWI is 65.20.