Read more about Australia Market ends lower on Business Standard. At closing bell, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 declined 22.39 points, or 0.31%, up at 7,270.20. The broader All Ordinaries fell 20.35 points, or 0.27%, to 7,521.99.
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Under ideal conditions, common swifts can cover more than 500 miles per day for more than a week, report scientists. Seems like an unimaginable feat for such a tiny bird, but swifts have adopted a clever strategy that makes these epic migrations possible.
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As a migrating bird, common swifts (
Apus apus) are aptly named. These highly mobile creatures spend more than 80% of their lives in the air when not in breeding mode, and a good portion of this time is spent migrating from northern Scandinavia to their wintering destinations in western and central Africa.
For these long-distance migrations, scientists had previously estimated average speeds of 310 miles per day (500 km/day), but new research published in iScience has updated this figure to 354 miles (570 km/day). More impressively not that this isn’t impressive enough the new study shows that swifts can travel farther and faster than previously thought. At their fastest, swifts can cove
At closing bell, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 added 17.61 points, or 0.25%, to 7,082.28.
The broader All Ordinaries rose 26.02 points, or 0.36%, to 7,346.03.
Miners were mixed, with iron ore miners BHP and Rio Tinto each gaining 0.9% - while Miner Fortescue Metals retreated 0.2% on the back of a weaker than expected quarterly result.
Supermarket giant Woolworths was the most significant drain on the market, dropping 3.9% to $39.81 after a disappointing quarterly result and news it would not be proceeding with a controversial Dan Murphy s liquor store in Darwin.
In economic news, the export price index rose 11.2% this quarter and 8.6% through the year. The import price index also rose 0.2% and fell 6.2% through the year.