新西兰基准标准普尔/NZX 50指数周四上涨0.6%，收于12665点，结束了连续三天的下跌，投资者消化了国内GDP数据。数据显示，新西兰经济在第二季度收缩了0.2%，好于新西兰储备银行对0.5%下降的预测和分析师对0.4%下降的预期，此前第一季度修正后增长了0.1%。正如预期的那样，年度GDP下降了0.5%。GDP结果只是证实了经济的疲软，导致市场认为新西兰储备银行10月份降息25个基点的可能性为100%。与此同时，由于通胀放缓和劳动力市场疲软的迹象，美联储四年多来首次降息。大多数大盘股收盘走高，Infratil（1.9%）、Mercury NZ（1%）、Ebos Group（2.9%）、Contact Energy（1.2%）和Spark NZ（1.1%）涨幅显著。
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose 0.6% to close at 12,665 on Thursday, snapping three straight days of decline as investors digested domestic GDP figures. Data showed that New Zealand's economy contracted 0.2% in the second quarter, better than RBNZ’s forecasts of a 0.5% fall and analysts' expectations of a 0.4% dip, following a revised 0.1% rise in the first quarter. Annual GDP fell 0.5%, as expected. The GDP results merely confirmed the weakness of the economy, leading the market to price in a 100% chance of a quarter-point rate cut from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in October. Meanwhile, the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in more than four years amid signs of moderating inflation and a weakening labor market. Most large-cap stocks finished higher, with notable gains from Infratil (1.9%), Mercury NZ (1%), Ebos Group (2.9%), Contact Energy (1.2%), and Spark NZ (1.1%).
