Australian Market Report of August 10, 2010
The Australian stock market opened lower on Tuesday, despite gains in Wall Street overnight. In early trade, the S&P/ASX200 index was down 0.17 per cent, at 4587.3 points, while the All Ordinaries index had fallen 0.14 per cent, to 4609.3 points. Materials fell 0.5 per cent, industrials index was down by 0.1 per cent and most banking stocks were lower.