-- The consumer durables shares gained the most on New Zealand's Exchange, rising past 3% on Friday.
Shares of KMD Brands (NZE:KMD, ASX:KMD) rose over 3% in recent trade.
The company on Friday said it appointed Non-Executive Director Philip Bowman as chair, effective Friday, succeeding David Kirk.
Meanwhile, the energy minerals sector fell below 1%.
Shares of Channel Infrastructure (NZE:CHI, ASX:CHI) drove the decline, falling past 1% in recent trade.
CFRA, an independent research provider, has providedwith the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:We lower our 12-month target by $30 to $220, based on a 2027 P/E of 7.5x, a justified discount to ABG's 10-year average forward P/E of 8.6x. We lower our adjusted EPS estimates to $26.15 from $28.50 for 2026 and to $29.50 from $31.30 for 2027. ABG's same-store sales remains concerning, with revenue declining 9% Y/Y in Q1, as it continues to feel pressure from broader industry headwinds and consumer spending constraints, and is particularly notable given ABG's favorable geographic footprint concentrated in faster-growing southeastern U.S. markets. While we liked ABG's mid-2025 Herb Chambers acquisition (a top 20 private U.S. auto dealership in terms of annual revenue), the acquired assets weren't enough to offset disappointing same-store sales, driving a $260M top-line shortfall relative to consensus. We remain at Hold, seeing more compelling opportunities across the space.
(Updates to add stock movement in the last paragraph)Coles Group (ASX:COL) sales revenue for the fiscal third quarter was AU$10.7 billion, up from AU$10.38 billion a year earlier, according to a Friday filing with the Australian bourse.The increase was driven by a 4% growth in the supermarket segment's sales revenue to AU$9.78 billion, per the filing. Liquor sales revenue fell 3.9% to AU$781 million.The company noted that supermarket sales have stayed broadly stable in the early fourth quarter despite higher input costs, while weaker consumer sentiment in liquor since March is expected to weigh on second-half earnings through reduced cost absorption.The company's shares rose past 2% in recent Friday trade.
Marubeni's (TYO:8002) profit attributable to owners of the parent rose 8.1% to 543.85 billion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31 from 503.00 billion yen a year earlier.The general trading conglomerate's earnings per share increased to 330.09 yen from 302.51 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Friday.Revenue increased 6.1% to 8.266 trillion yen from 7.79 trillion yen in the prior year.The company declared a final dividend of 57.50 yen per share, payable from June 1.For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, the company expects attributable profit of 580 billion yen and basic EPS of 354.67 yen.Marubeni plans to pay interim and year-end dividends of 57.50 yen per share each for the year, which is higher than the year-ago period.