ASX All Ords charges higher on back of resource buying
(MENAFN- ProactiveInvestors - Australia) The Australian equity market continues to attract buyers in afternoon trading
The Australian equity market continues to attract buyers today making it two days of very healthy gains.
In afternoon trade the ASX All Ordinaries has climbed 1% to 5133. This follows the 1.9% jump yesterday.
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Major miners
BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) up 3.8% to $17.37; Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) up 6.2% to $2.39; Newcrest (ASX:NCM) down 0.5% to $17.07; Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) up 2.3% to $44.32.
Energy or Oil and Gas
Oil Search (ASX:OSH) up 3.3% to $7.22; Santos (ASX:STO) up 2.8% to $3.70; Woodside Petroleum (ASX:WPL) down 0.1% to $27.09.
Big 4 banks
ANZ Bank (ASX:ANZ) up 3.0% to $24.83; Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) up 0.9% to $74.62; National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) 2.7% to $26.25; Westpac (ASX:WBC) up 1.5% to $31.14.
Other banks financials and industrials
AMP (ASX:AMP) up 3.4% to $5.46; Bank of Queensland (ASX:BOQ) up 4.2% to $11.46; Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (ASX:BEN) up 4.5% to $8.64; Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) down 1.4% to $65.72; Suncorp (ASX:SUN) up 1.4% to $11.82;
Telstra (ASX:TLS) down 0.7% to $5.05.
Retailers
JB Hi-FI (ASX:JBH) down 0.7% to $22.37; Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) up 0.1% to $40.11; Woolworths (ASX:WOW) up 0.3% to $22.36.
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