PERTH: The Australian share market has closed lower, dragged back by the resources sector as mining giant BHP Billiton ponders massive legal action from the Samarco mine disaster.
At the close on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 36.1 points, or 0.69 per cent, lower at 5,166.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 33.2 points, or 0.63 per cent, at 5,218.2.
On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was 20 points lower at 5,188, with 26,331 contracts traded.
