12:27pm Rio, BHP drag sharemarket 1.7pc lower

By The Australian, January 12th, 2009 at 4:36 am - PERMALINK

Article from: The Australian MINERS weighed down shares today as deteriorating economic conditions fuelled fears of further downward pressure on commodity prices. The S&P/ASX 200 was down 65 points, or 1.7 per cent, to 3670.7 in early afternoon deals.