s 174 46 46 e 41.289709 s 174.779493 e 41.289709 ; 174.779493 nzx limited type public company traded as nzx nzx nzx 50 index founded 31 december 2002 ; predecessors dating back to 1870s headquarters wellington new zealand key people tim bennett ceo james miller chair patrick strange director neil paviour smith director alison gerry director dame therese walsh director jon macdonald director website www.nzx.com nzx limited builds and operates capital risk and commodity markets and the infrastructure required to support them . it also provides information data and tools to support business decision making . nzx is the only registered securities exchange in new zealand and is also an authorised futures exchange . its wholly owned subsidiary new zealand clearing and depository corporation is the operator of a designated settlement system under part 5 of the reserve bank of new zealand act 1989 . 1 nzx has offices across new zealand and australia . its newest office is in auckland adjacent to the britomart precinct . nzx s agri hq is in feilding and its australian operation is based in melbourne . as of november 2014 nzx had a total of 258 listed securities with a combined market capitalisation of 94.1 billion . 2 contents 1 history 2 principal activities 3 trading hours 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit new zealand stock exchange 2007 nzx began life as a number of regional stock exchanges during the gold rush of the 1870s . brokers associations started in dunedin brokers association in 1867 otago in 1868 auckland in 1872 3 and wellington in 1882 . the dunedin association became a stock exchange in 1893 christchurch gained an exchange in 1900 . 4 auckland christchurch dunedin thames and wellington formed the stock association of new zealand in 1915 joined by taranaki in 1916 invercargill in 1920 and gisborne in 1922 . 5 merger was investigated from 1976 christchurch and invercargill merged in 1978 and a national exchange was formed in 1983 . 6 in 1974 these regional exchanges were amalgamated to form one national stock exchange the new zealand stock exchange nzse . on 24 june 1991 nzse implemented a computerised trading system and abolished the open outcry market . this computerised system was replaced with the faster trading system in september 1999 . on 16 october 2002 the member firms of the new zealand stock exchange voted in favour of demutualisation and on 31 december 2002 nzse became a limited liability company . on 30 may 2003 new zealand stock exchange limited formally changed its name to new zealand exchange limited trading as nzx and on 3 june 2003 listed its own securities on its main equity market . the nzx centre was originally constructed in 1907 for the c & a odlin timber company and is one of the few surviving industrial buildings in the edwardian style . 7 mark weldon was chief executive from 2002 to 2012 . in december 2002 the new zealand stock exchange as it was then known became a listed company . it officially changed its name to the new zealand exchange limited around six months later and now trades as nzx . in 2009 nzx made a number of acquisitions in the rural sector including a feilding based publications business and the clear grain exchange in melbourne . in may 2012 tim bennett replaced mark weldon as nzx s ceo returning from singapore to take up the position . principal activities edit the principal activities of nzx are an operator and regulator of securities and derivatives markets and provider of trading post trade and data services for securities and derivatives as well as the provider of a central securities depository . nzx is the only registered securities exchange in new zealand and is also an authorised futures exchange . its wholly owned subsidiary new zealand clearing and depository corporation is the operator of a designated settlement system under part 5 of the reserve bank of new zealand act 1989 . an online and hard copy publisher of information news and data relating to the agriculture sectors in new zealand and australia . an operator of an electronic grain trading platform through clear grain exchange australia s only provider of online trading and clearing services for the buyers and sellers of grain . a provider of passive funds management products through the smartshares family of exchange traded funds etfs and a provider of superannuation kiwisaver and investment products through superlife acquired in 2015 . market operator for new zealand s wholesale electricity market under contract from the electricity authority and the fonterra shareholders market under contract from fonterra . in addition nzx has a 50 % shareholding in link market services limited a securities registry business providing registry services to both listed and unlisted new zealand companies . 8 trading hours edit nzx main board nzsx normal trading hours 10am 4 45pm nzx alternative market nzax normal trading hours 10am 4 45pm nzx debt market nzdx normal trading hours 9am 4 45pm dairy derivatives normal trading 2am 4pm but the market opens at 8am on mondays . see also edit list of companies listed on the new zealand exchange nzx 50 index references edit nzx group . monthly shareholder metrics pdf . nzx limited . february 2014 . retrieved 11 december 2014 . story stock market page 1 first stock exchanges . te ara the encyclopedia of new zealand . page 2 financing the gold dredging boom . page 3 quiet consolidation 1900 1950 . page 4 towards a national exchange 1950 1984 . wellington waterfront odlin building dead link business overview . who we are . nzx group . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to new zealand stock exchange . official website nzx group corporate website v t e nzx 50 companies of new zealand as of september 19 2016 a2 milk company air new zealand anz argosy property auckland international airport chorus coats contact energy ebos fisher & paykel healthcare fletcher building fonterra shareholders fund freightways genesis energy goodman property trust heartland bank infratil kathmandu kiwi property mainfreight mercury energy meridian energy metlifecare metro performance glass nuplex nzx new zealand refining orion health group port of tauranga precinct properties property for industry restaurant brands ryman healthcare scales skycity entertainment sky network television spark stride property summerset tower trade me trustpower vector vista vital healthcare property trust the warehouse westpac xero z energy former nzx 50 companies partial list affco amp apn news & media cavalier diligent corporation fisher & paykel appliances goodman fielder lion nathan michael hill oceanagold pacific edge pgg wrightson pike river coal pumpkin patch rakon skellerup steel & tube telstra tourism holdings v t e world federation of exchanges members abu dhabi securities exchange amman stock exchange athens stock exchange australian securities exchange bahrain bourse bats global markets bermuda stock exchange bm & f 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