Australia’s stock market has lost ground over the past month, although it has still posted reasonable returns over the past year.
The All Ordinaries ended May at 5,761.30 – down 3.1 per cent from April, when it finished the month at 5,944.40.
However, the market made a gain of 5.3 per cent over the year to May. That compares to the current inflation rate of 2.1 per cent.
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| Over the past 1 month | -3.1% |
| Over the past 3 months | -0.2% |
| Over the past 6 months | 4.4% |
| Over the past 1 year | 5.3% |
| Over the past 3 years | 4.8% |
| Over the past 5 years | 38.9% |
| Over the past 10 years | -8.4% |
| Over the past 15 years | 72.8% |
The All Ordinaries is an index made up of the share prices for 500 of the largest companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
It peaked at 6873.20 on 1 November 2007.
