Daily Market Report

Friday, 20 April 2001

There was light trading on the New Zealand Futures & Options Exchange today involving 3218 futures and 26 options contracts traded with a face value of NZ$1.62 billion.

The June-01 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled down 7 points at 9443 (5.57%) and the Sept-01 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled down 9 points at 9452 (5.48%). The Dec-01 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled down 8 points at 9438 (5.62%) and the Mar-02 90 Day Bank Bill Contract settled down 9 points at 9413 (5.87%).

The June-01 Three Year Government Stock Futures Contract settled down 14 points at 9405 (5.95%) and the June-01 Ten Year Government Stock Futures Contract settled down 18 points at 9348 (6.52%).

The June-01 NZSE-10 Share Index Futures Contract settled up 1 point at 977.

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

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