New Zealand shares ended flat on Thursday, while Asian shares saw broad-based losses following a sell-off on Wall Street's Wednesday session.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index was little changed to close at 13,101.61.
On Wednesday, the S&P 500 lost 0.7%, the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.9%, and the Dow Jones declined 1.2%.
In domestic news, New Zealand's seasonally adjusted total building volume fell 3.5% in the March quarter compared with the December 2025 quarter, data from Stats NZ showed.
Also, the national median home value in New Zealand held steady in May at NZ$808,187, unchanged from April but down 0.1% over the past three months, according to Cotality's Home Value Index.
Further, the ANZ World Commodity Price Index climbed 0.7% month over month in May, with all commodity groups in the index seeing incremental gains, according to a report from ANZ Research.
Meanwhile, overall card spending in New Zealand rose 1.8% in May in seasonally adjusted terms, up 4.8% compared with the same period last year, with a notable bounce-back at discretionary-type stores, ANZ said in a report
In corporate news, Henderson Far East Income's (NZE:HFL) unaudited net asset value, including current fiscal year revenue items, was 2.651 pounds sterling per share as of Tuesday.
Bankers Investment Trust's (NZE:BIT) unaudited net asset value was 1.605 pounds sterling per share as of Tuesday.