The Australian equity market started the day well but this was before the deflation shock shoved the rally into reverse.

By the end of the trading session the ASX All Ordinaries had fallen 0.6% to 5251.


BLUE CHIP ROUND-UP

Major miners

BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) down 0.5% to $19.65; Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) down 2.8% to $3.06; Newcrest (ASX:NCM) up 2.7% to $18.20; Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) down 2.1% to $48.42.


Energy or Oil and Gas

Oil Search (ASX:OSH) up 0.1% to $6.91; Santos (ASX:STO) up 2.0% to $4.54; Woodside Petroleum (ASX:WPL) down 2.8% to $27.45.


Big 4 banks

ANZ Bank (ASX:ANZ) down 1.5% to $23.88; Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) down 2.5% to $73.76; National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) down 2.2% to $26.90; Westpac (ASX:WBC) down 2.0% to $30.94.


Other banks financials and industrials

AMP (ASX:AMP) down 0.5% to $5.82; Bank of Queensland (ASX:BOQ) down 2.5% to $11.73; Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (ASX:BEN) down 1.4% to $9.18; Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) down 1.1% to $65.88; Suncorp (ASX:SUN) up 0.2% to $12.43; Telstra (ASX:TLS) down 0.7% to $5.38.


Retailers

JB Hi-FI (ASX:JBH) down 1.2% to $21.29; Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) up 0.1% to $42.24; Woolworths (ASX:WOW) down 1.1% to $21.26.

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