| Australian stock market ends at new record high |
CANBERRA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Australian stock exchange market closed at a new record high Friday as the benchmark S&P/ASX200 strengthened 27.7 points to a record closing and intraday high of 5927.2 while the all ordinaries firmed 26.4 points to a new record closing and intraday high of 5899.3.
Market turnover was 1.66 billion shares worth 5.5 billion Australian dollars (4.29 billion U.S. dollars), with 717 stocks up, 523 down and 328 unchanged.
Among the resources stocks, BHP Billiton rose 39 cents to 28.06 dollars, but Rio Tinto lost 28 cents to 75.60 dollars.
In the banking sector, the Commonwealth Bank lifted 30 cents to 51.20 dollars, the National Australia Bank was 16 cents richer at 41.18 dollars, the ANZ advanced 11 cents to 29.65 dollars, and Westpac climbed 1 cent to 25.51 dollars.
Among the media stocks, News Corp soared 42 cents to 32.60 dollars.
Telecommunications giant Telstra added 1 cent to 4.39 dollars.
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