ASX All Ords drifts to a higher settlement
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The Australian equity market was somewhat quiet today, with the ASX All Ordinaries opening higher, before drifting in afternoon trade, and then ending the session 0.4% higher at 5563.
BLUE CHIP ROUND-UP Major miners
BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) up 0.9% to $19.27; Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) down 1.1% to $4.36; Newcrest (ASX:NCM) down 1.7% to $25.27; Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) down 1.7% to $48.57.
Energy or Oil and Gas
Oil Search (ASX:OSH) up 1.4% to $7.26; Santos (ASX:STO) up 6.5% to $4.58; Woodside Petroleum (ASX:WPL) up 0.7% to $26.61.
Big 4 banks
ANZ Bank (ASX:ANZ) up 0.0% to $25.23; Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) down 0.3% to $75.81; National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) up 0.5% to $25.97; Westpac (ASX:WBC) up 0.5% to $30.21.
Other banks, financials and industrials
AMP (ASX:AMP) up 1.7% to $5.88; Bank of Queensland (ASX:BOQ) up 1.5% to $10.30; Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (ASX:BEN) up 0.6% to $9.60; Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) up 0.7% to $74.04; Suncorp (ASX:SUN) up 1.0% to $13.34; Telstra (ASX:TLS) up 0.4% to $5.72.
Retailers
JB Hi-FI (ASX:JBH) up 0.4% to $25.42; Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) down 0.0% to $42.52; Woolworths (ASX:WOW) up 1.1% to $23.62. <
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