ASX All Ordinaries loses steam late in the session

Australian equities drifted lower for most of the session today and a couple of minutes from the close the ASX All Ordinaries is down 0.9% to 5001.

A shining light though was the gold sector following an increase in the price of the yellow metal overnight.


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Major miners

BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) down 2.5% to $16.52; Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) down 4.4% to $2.00; Newcrest (ASX:NCM) up 1.4% to $15.76; Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) down 2.1% to $42.49.


Energy or Oil and Gas

Oil Search (ASX:OSH) down 4.0% to $7.08; Santos (ASX:STO) down 5.1% to $3.36; Woodside Petroleum (ASX:WPL) down 2.6% to $28.00.


Big 4 banks

ANZ Bank (ASX:ANZ) down 2.1% to $23.26; Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) down 1.5% to $73.14; National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) down 2.5% to $25.51; Westpac (ASX:WBC) down 1.1% to $29.64.


Other banks financials and industrials

AMP (ASX:AMP) up 0.5% to $5.46; Bank of Queensland (ASX:BOQ) down 0.3% to $11.19; Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (ASX:BEN) down 0.9% to $8.74; Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) down 2.4% to $63.66; Suncorp (ASX:SUN) up 1.3% to $11.45; Telstra (ASX:TLS) down 1.5% to $5.32.


Retailers

JB Hi-FI (ASX:JBH) down 1.2% to $20.91; Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) down 1.0% to $43.32; Woolworths (ASX:WOW) down 0.8% to $22.91.

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