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AED Oil was the overall worst performing Australian stock taking in a 31.9 percent decrease in its stock price this week. Among the worst performing stocks for the week 6 of 2008 on the Australian sharemarket were a mixture of property & funds management, metals mining, financial services and oil: Valad Property (VPG), Zinifex (ZFX), Challenger Financial Services Group (CGF), AED Oil (AED), IOOF Holdings (IFL). These worst performing stocks for week 3 of 2008 recorded losses above 13.5 percent by the end of the trading week.

MFS was the overall worst performing stock this week taking on a 72 percent decrease in its share price. Among the worst performing stocks for the past week (week 3 for 2008) on the Australian sharemarket were a mixture of retail, funds management & financial services and mining companies: MFS (MFS), Centro Retail (CER), Centro Properties (CNP), Alumina (AWC), Zinifex (ZFX) and AED Oil (AED). These worst performing stocks for week 3 of 2008 recorded between 9 percent to 44 percent for their loss by the end of the trading week.

Bradken (BKN) was the overall worst performing stock taking in a 40 percent drop in its share price. Among the worst performing stocks for the week 50 of 2008 on the Australian sharemarket were a mixture of commercial explosives, mining, steel and crop protection: Dyno Noble (DXL), Zinifex (ZFX), Boart Longyear (BLY), Bradken (BKN), Nufarm (NUF). These top 6 worst performing stocks for week 50 recorded losses above 10 percent by the end of the trading week. The overall worst performing stock, Bradken had a significant gap between the next highest worst performing stock.

Downer EDI (DOW) was the overall worst performing stock taking in a 13.5 percent decrease. Among the worst performing stocks for the past trading week (week 44 for 2008) on the Australian sharemarket were a mixture of oil, mining and paper: Downer EDI (DOW), Zinifex (ZFX), PaperlinX (PPX), Roc Oil (ROC). Mining companies dominated the worst performing stock lists of both the ASX 100 and ASX 200 indices. These worst performing stocks for week 44 were ranged from 10.5 percent to 13.5 percent in their loss.

Monadelphous Group (MND) was the overall worst performing stock taking in 18.07 percent decrease. Among the worst performing stocks for the week 32 of 2007 of the Australian sharemarket were a mixture of engineering & infrastructure, steel and mining: Downer EDI (DOW), OneSteel (OST), Zinifex (ZFX), Monadelphous (MND), Energy Resource Australian (ERA), Perilya (PEM). These worst performing stocks for week 32 recorded losses above 10.4 percent by the end of the trading week. Mining companies were dominating both the ASX 100 index and the ASX 200 index in the worst performing stocks list.