Australian Stocks Fall, Led by BHP, Rio on Metals, Alcan Bid Speculation

(Bloomberg) -- Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index rose
14.30, or 0.2 percent, to 6386.30 as of 12:51 p.m. in Sydney. It
earlier dropped 0.4 percent. Australia & New Zealand Banking
Group Ltd. and GPT Group paced gains.

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