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Update: New Zealand Shares Flat, Bremworth Reports Nearly 21% Acceptance Level for Mangawhai Collective's Partial Takeover Offer

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New Zealand shares ended flat with a negative bias on Friday while most Asian markets saw gains after Thursday's higher Wall Street close and the Bank of Japan's decision to hike rates to a 31-year high.

The S&P/NZX 50 was little changed to close at 13,739.14.

Overnight, the S&P 500 rose 1.1%, the Dow Jones gained 0.6%, and the Nasdaq Composite added 1.7%.

The Bank of Japan board voted 7-2 to raise the rate to 1.25% from 1% following the conclusion of its monetary policy meeting on Friday. The decision matched a forecast by Trading Economics.

In domestic news, international airfares in New Zealand rose 4.3% in August compared with the previous month, according to a Stats NZ selected price indexes report.

Also, New Zealand posted a merchandise trade deficit of NZ$1.3 billion in August, according to data published by Stats NZ.

Further, the number of transport motor vehicle registrations licensed in New Zealand in August stood at 4.6 million, with a slight increase compared with the same period last year, according to figures released by Stats NZ.

In corporate news, Bremworth (NZE:BRW) said the level of acceptances received under a partial takeover offer made by Mangawhai Collective reached 20.92% as of the end of Thursday.

Private Land and Property Fund (NZE:PLP) declared a dividend of NZ$0.0075 per share for the quarter ending Sept. 30.

What else is happening in Asia?

Asia

Japan Hotel REIT Investment Secures New Term Loans

Japan Hotel REIT Investment (TYO:8985) has secured a new term loan amounting to 4.9 billion yen, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Thursday.The unsecured loan has an interest rate of 0.30% on top of a base rate and maturity date of Sept. 28, 2029.Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, Mizuho Bank and MUFG Bank were the lenders.The REIT will use the loan to partially fund the capital expenditures for renovation of Hilton Tokyo Odaiba.In addition, the company undertook two unsecured term loans worth 4.25 billion yen and 700 million yen, respectively, to refinance existing loans due on Sept. 30.Both loans have interest rates of 0.45% on top of a base rate and maturity date of Sept. 30, 2032.Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, Mizuho Bank, SBI Shinsei Bank and Resona Bank were the lenders for the 4.25 billion yen green loan, while MUFG Bank, Aozora Bank and Kansai Bank were the syndicate for the 700 million yen borrowing.

TYO:8985
Asia

Tamawood Declares Dividend

Tamawood (ASX:TWD) declared a dividend of AU$0.105 per share for the six months ended June 30, according to a Friday filing with the Australian bourse.The dividend will be paid on Dec. 11 to shareholders on record as of Nov. 20, per the filing.The company paid the same dividend in the prior corresponding period, an earlier filing showed.

ASX:TWD
Asia

Lefroy Exploration Expands Western Australia Project Scoping Study

Lefroy Exploration (ASX:LEX) said it is actively assessing the opportunity to expand the scoping study for its Mt Martin gold project in Western Australia to incorporate the high-grade portion of the nearby Burns gold deposit, according to a Friday Australian bourse filing.The delivery of the scoping study is now scheduled for the early December quarter, while the review of the Burns deposit high-grade resource is also targeted for completion at the same time, the filing added.At the Lucky Strike project, part of the Lefroy gold project in Western Australia, Miscellaneous License L25/71 has been fully granted following the execution of a Heritage agreement, securing critical haulage and utility corridors, with a heritage survey to be undertaken in mid-October to clear the second dewatering corridor, the company added.

ASX:LEX