With the lack of recent domestic bond issues, interest in Z Energy and TrustPower are high.

Although no firm details have been announced strong interest comes on the back of the Might River Power partial asset sale, which looks likely to be available from September.

Since Saturday the markets have been a little disappointing with unemployment figures released out of the USA higher than expected.

Growth out of China is slowing, however there is reasonable demand coming out of China with a growth rate around 8 per cent compared to the 2.5 per cent growth experienced by New Zealand.