At 5pm, the index was up 12.973 points to 3421.344, with 31 rises and 30 falls among the 104 stocks traded. A total of 37.7 million shares changed hands, valued at $113.6 million.
Most sectors rose, particularly textiles, tourism and finance, but there was no movement in mining and forestry, and the investment area dropped.
In cornerstone stock Telecom, 13 million shares changed hands, valued at $34m, as its share price rose 4.5c to 260.
The biggest rises were notched up by exchange operator NZX Ltd, which rose 11c to 233, and accounting software company Xero, which rose 9c to 224 as it announced the takeover of a small Australian payroll company to boost the rollout of its products across the Tasman.
Kathmandu holdings rose 7c to 220.
AMP rose 12c to 92, and the AMP Office property business rose 1c to 84, as 4.3m shares changed hands.
Other active stocks included Auckland International Airport, which rose 1.5c to 230 as 4.1m shares changed hands, and Fletcher Building, which had 2m shares sold as the price lifted 3c to 815.
Shares of high-tech component manufacturer Rakon, dropped 2c to 97.
Electricity company Vector continued its falls, with a drop of 4c to 235, and Trustpower fell 2c to 717, while Contact finished on par at 536.
Fisher Appliances fell 1c to 61, Abano Health dropped 7c to 443, and Cavalier Carpets fell 5c to 365.
Overnight Wall Street finished little changed after a mixed round of earnings reports, with tech giant Intel the most notable company to miss forecasts.
Analysts said concerns about lifting the US government debt limit outweighed strong earnings from Apple and a slew of new corporate deals.
"In this environment, stringing together a few days like yesterday is going to be tough," said Brad Sorensen, director of market analysis at Charles Schwab.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.1 per cent to close at 12,571.91, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 0.1 per cent to 1325.84, and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.4 per cent to 2814.23.
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