Shares Down for a Third Day

Friday, 25 May 2012 16:47

Australian stocks fell for a third day after early bargain hunting gave way to worries about Europe's raging debt crisis and weak global growth. May has been a particularly gloomy month for the local market: the ASX200 has dropped 8.6 per cent since the beginning of the month. This week's loss shaved the last bit of 2012 gains off the index, which is now down 0.7 per cent since the start of the year.

Here’s how some of the stocks finished today.

ASX as`at the close of trade on	Friday 25th May 2012
Stock	Last Sale	%
AMP	3.88	1.31%
ANZ	20.38	-0.44%
BHP Billiton	31.61	-1.19%
Bluescope Steel	0.33	1.54%
Coca Cola Amatil	12.59	-1.02%
Commonwealth Bk	48.72	-1.20%
Fortesque Metals	4.31	-3.79%
Harvey Norman	1.95	1.04%
National Bank	23.3	-0.77%
Optus Group	0.45	0%
Origin Energy	12.97	0.46%
Quantas	1.455	-1.02%
Rio Tinto	55.93	-0.76%
Stockland Group	3.19	1.27%
Telstra Corp	3.53	0%
Virgin Australa	0.415	0%
Wesfarmers Limited	29	-2.23%
Westfield Group	9.15	0.88%
Westpac Bank	20.12	-1.32%
Woolworths Limited	26.69	-0.78%

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