India, June 26 -- The Australian stock market is extending losses on Thursday from the previous session following the mixed cues overnight from Wall Street as investors looked ahead to the Trump-Xi Jinping meeting at the G-20 summit later this week. Gains by mining and oil stocks were more than offset by property trust stocks, as shares across the sector traded ex-dividend.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index is declining 23.70 points or 0.36 percent to 6,616.80, after touching a low of 6,609.70 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is down 20.60 points or 0.31 percent to 6,695.50. Australian stocks closed lower on Wednesday.
Among the major miners, Fortescue Metals is rising more than 2 percent, BHP Group is adding 0.6 percent and Rio Ti...