The ASX All Ordinaries traded in a tight 20-point band today, as there were few leads to spark buyers, or sellers, into action.
The benchmark index ended the session down 0.3% at 5507.
Wall Street was closed for the Labor Day weekend. Gold last traded a fraction lower at US$1326 an ounce at 4pm Sydney, Australia, time.
BLUE CHIP ROUND-UP
Major miners
BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) up 1.2% to $20.59; Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) up 2.6% to $5.15; Newcrest (ASX:NCM) down 2.3% to $22.54; Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) up 1.0% to $48.60.
Energy or Oil and Gas
Oil Search (ASX:OSH) down 0.4% to $6.60; Santos (ASX:STO) up 0.1% to $4.43; Woodside Petroleum (ASX:WPL) up 1.1% to $28.83.
Big 4 banks
ANZ Bank (ASX:ANZ) down 0.0% to $27.24; Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) down 0.8% to $71.69; National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) up 0.1% to $27.65; Westpac (ASX:WBC) down 0.4% to $29.54.
Other banks, financials and industrials
AMP (ASX:AMP) up 1.5% to $5.44; Bank of Queensland (ASX:BOQ) up 1.5% to $10.77; Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (ASX:BEN) down 2.8% to $10.54; Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) down 0.2% to $81.99; Suncorp (ASX:SUN) down 1.3% to $12.72; Telstra (ASX:TLS) down 0.7% to $5.11%.
Retailers
JB Hi-FI (ASX:JBH) up 4.8% to $30.66; Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) down 0.2% to $42.51; Woolworths (ASX:WOW) up 0.1% to $24.08.
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