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SYDNEY, July 2 Asia Pulse - Australian stocks ended lower in a quiet day's trade today on mixed commodity prices and a lackluster lead from Wall Street.
Retailers Woolworths and David Jones were stronger after the Coles Group board recommended its shareholders accept a refreshed, $21 billion takeover offer from Wesfarmers.
At the 1615 AEST close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 12.1 points at 6262.8, while the all ordinaries fell 12.4 points to 6298.2.
On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract rose 10 points to 6287 on a volume of 19,530 contracts.
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Source: HighBeam Research, STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN INDEX ENDS LOWER - JULY 2, 2007.