Reports have said that, since financiers have shed miners and banks, a wide move back has left the share market in Australia with only a modest increase for the quarter.

While the broader All Ordinaries index lost 33.7 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 4893.1, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished down 41.3 points, or 0.8 per cent, at 4875.5 points.

It is said that energy stocks gave up 0.2 - 0.3 per cent and materials stocks decreased 1.2 per cent, financials slid 0.9 per cent.

The ASX200 edged up just 0.1 per cent for the quarter, which was hardly sufficient to expand the market's revival to four quarters in a line.

Also, today Sigma proclaimed a huge loss, setting off a divide in its share price which washed about $500 million off its market value. Sigma shares ended down 43.5 cents, or 48 per cent, to 46.5 cents.

Ten Network Holdings said, on the income front, it expected a tough increase in television advertising returns in the next half of its financial 2010.

Senior Client Adviser, Michael Heffernan of Australian Stock Securities said that following the sector’s strong surge yesterday, financiers acquired proceeds amid the resources stocks.

''When you consider that we had a huge run the resources yesterday with BHP and Rio you've got to expect that that can't continue, the fact they are down only a bit of what they gained yesterday is a great result in my view',' stated Heffernan.