All Ordinaries Index and Rio Tinto

mining industrial stocks: As a result, the All Ordinaries index closed just a single point higher at 5,672, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The ASX-200 added three points to 5,687. Having held modestly higher for almost the entire session, there was a late dip in what was a fairly light day trade. Losses by mining and industrial stocks were offset by finance sector gains. But the major banks mostly rose, with the exception of a 0.1 per cent fall for Westpac. Rio Tinto lost 1.2 per cent and BHP Billiton 0.2 per cent. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.