Original article by Vanessa Desloires
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 26 : 1-Jun-16

The Australian sharemarket lost ground on 31 May 2016, with the S&P/ASX 200 shedding 0.5 per cent to close at 5,378.6. The Commonwealth Bank was one per cent lower at $A77.43 and BHP Billiton was down 0.8 per cent at $A19.08. However, Select Harvests advanced 6.7 per cent to end the session at $A7.15 and Incitec Pivot was up 2.1 per cent at $A3.45. The market gained 2.4 per cent in May.

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STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, SELECT HARVESTS LIMITED – ASX SHV, INCITEC PIVOT LIMITED – ASX IPL, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, NEWCREST MINING LIMITED – ASX NCM, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, FLEXIGROUP LIMITED – ASX FXL, ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LIMITED – ASX ALL, TRANSURBAN GROUP LIMITED – ASX TCL, MORGANS FINANCIAL LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, BLOOMBERG LP, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX ALL ORDINARIES INDEX