Shares close lower led by mining
AUSTRALIAN shares have closed lower, led largely by resource and mining stocks.
AUSTRALIAN shares have closed lower, led largely by resource and mining stocks.
At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.3 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 4,361.6, while the broader All
Ordinaries index had fallen 12.5 points, or 0.28 per cent, to 4,383.0.
On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was 22 points lower at 4,363 with 18,478 contracts traded.
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