Original article by Stephen Cauchi
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 26 : 4-Feb-16

The Australian sharemarket retreated on 3 February 2016, with the S&P/ASX 200 shedding 2.3 per cent to close at 4,876.8. A continued decline in the price of Brent crude oil weighed on energy stocks and reduced the market’s capitalisation by $A32bn. The Commonwealth Bank was 2.9 per cent lower at $A75.73, BHP Billiton eased 4.4 per cent to finish at $A14.27 and Liquefied Natural Gas fell 8.5 per cent to end the session at $A0.59.

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STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LIMITED – ASX LNG, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL, SANTOS LIMITED – ASX STO, OIL SEARCH LIMITED – ASX OSH, KAROON GAS AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX KAR, DEUTSCHE BANK AG, MORGANS FINANCIAL LIMITED, BP PLC, EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION, STANDARD AND POOR’S CORPORATION, CLYDESDALE BANK PLC, YORKSHIRE BANK PLC, ORGANISATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES, WORLD BANK, BANK OF JAPAN, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX ALL ORDINARIES INDEX, HANG SENG INDEX, NIKKEI 225 INDEX, SHANGHAI COMPOSITE INDEX