Reuters: Hot Stocks: Australia shares open lower, BHP down 3 percent

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Australia shares open lower, BHP down 3 percent Mar 3rd 2013, 23:24 Tweet Share this Email Print Related Topics Cyclical Consumer Goods » Sun Mar 3, 2013 6:24pm EST (Updates to open) SYDNEY, March 4 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.4 percent at open on Monday, hurt by lower metal prices and as some blue chip stocks such as global miner BHP Billiton traded ex-dividend. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index lost 19.7 points to 5,066.4 as of 2315 GMT. After a strong run for risk assets this year, the index is susceptible to profit-taking and it slipped 0.4 percent on Friday. BHP fell 3.0 percent to A$35.75 by 2315 GMT. New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 index fell 1.0 percent to 4,276.8. (Reporting by Maggie Lu Yueyang; Editing by Edwina Gibbs) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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