The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Monday closed down 8.4 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 7,322. -AAP Image
The local share market has closed slightly lower in yet another day of quiet trading ahead of the Anzac Day holiday, with losses for the mining and energy sector outweighing gains nearly everywhere else.
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The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Monday closed down 8.4 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 7,322, while the broader All Ordinaries dropped 10.8 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 7,512.2.
It was the ASX's third consecutive day of losses - but they have all been modest. The index didn't post a daily move of more than 0.4 per cent at all last week.
In the foreign exchange market, the Australian dollar slipped to a 12-day low against the greenback, buying 66.76 US cents from 66.92 US cents at Friday's ASX close.
