Reuters: Hot Stocks: Australia shares down 0.4 percent on weaker miners, eyes on Fed

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Australia shares down 0.4 percent on weaker miners, eyes on Fed Mar 20th 2013, 05:25 Tweet Share this Email Print Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:25am EDT (Updates to close) SYDNEY, March 20 (Reuters) - Australian shares closed 0.4 percent lower on Wednesday, clawing back earlier losses on hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will stick to its stimulus policy. The S&P/ASX 200 index lost 20.1 points to close at 4,967.3, according to the latest data, its lowest since February 12. The benchmark had lost 0.6 percent on Tuesday. New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 index ended up 0.1 percent at 4,349.4. (Reporting by Michael Sin and Maggie Lu Yueyang; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani) 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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