Daily Market Report

Friday, 6 April 2001

There was heavy trading on the New Zealand Futures & Options Exchange today involving 5803 futures and 80 options contracts traded with a face value of NZ$2.94 billion.

The June-01 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled down 2 points at 9429 (5.71%) and the Sept-01 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled down 5 points at 9440 (5.60%). The Dec-01 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled down 6 points at 9428 (5.72%) and the Mar-02 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled down 8 points at 9405 (5.95%).

The June-01 Three Year Government Stock Futures Contract settled down 10 points at 9417 (5.83%) and the June-01 Ten Year Government Stock Futures Contract settled down 9 points at 9387 (6.13%).

The June-01 NZSE-10 Share Index Futures Contract settled down 12 points at 924.

The April-01 Electricity Futures Contract closed at $57.50 M/wh.

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