NZ's tourism and leisure stocks fall as Auckland goes into lockdown

Tourism Holdings

15/02/2021 24:30

** NZ's tourism and leisure stocks fall as the country's
largest city Auckland goes into a three-day lockdown after the
emergence of first local COVID-19 cases since January 
    ** Three new COVID-19 cases were detected in Auckland,
prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to announce Level 3
restrictions and a three-day lockdown in the city  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2KK040  
    ** Air New Zealand Ltd  AIR.NZ  extends falls into a fifth
session, sheds up to 3.5% to hit its lowest level since Nov. 9
    ** Shares of Auckland International Airport Ltd  AIA.NZ 
slip as much as 3.6% and touch their lowest since Sept. 2
    ** Travel equipment retailer Tourism Holdings Ltd  THL.NZ 
loses 6.1% to hit lowest since Sept. 14; peer Kathmandu Holdings
Ltd  KMD.NZ  down 1.6% 
    ** Casino operator SkyCity Entertainment  SKC.NZ  falls up
to 1.7% and hits lowest in more than three months after
announcing it would close its casino and entertainment
facilities in Auckland, while online travel booking platform
Serko  SKO.NZ  sheds 6%  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2KK00T
    ** Benchmark stock index  .NZ50  down for a fifth straight
session, falls up to 1% to hit lowest in nearly three months

 (Reporting by Arundhati Dutta in Bengaluru)
 ((arundhati.dutta@thomsonreuters.com;))