Australian Market Report of January 13: Resources Shares Dented by Alcoa Result

  Sydney, Australia, Jan 13, 2010 - (ABN Newswire) - Australian stocks declined yesterday on profit taking selling after US aluminium giant Alcoa reported its fourth quarter earnings result, which missed the market expectations. The resources sector drove the local shares lower. The benchmark S & amp;P/ASX200 index closed down 51.2 points, or 1.03 per cent, at 4,899.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index lost 49.  

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