Australia stock market today: ASX 200 slips as miners sink, RBA rate call looms
Australian shares closed lower on Friday as miners gave back early gains and slipped by the session’s end. The S&P/ASX 200 lost 58.4 points, or 0.65%, finishing at 8,869.1. Meanwhile, the All Ordinaries fell 0.78% to 9,164.8. The Australian dollar dropped to 70.02 U.S. cents from 70.87 late Thursday.