Miners .AXMM dropped 0.8% on weaker iron ore and copper prices, dragged lower by heavyweight miner BHP Group BHP.AX, down over 1%. The broader financials index .AXFJ shed as much as 2.6% in its biggest one-day percentage fall in more than six weeks, with the other three "Big Four" banks also trading in the red amid broadening inflationary pressures. Australian gold stocks .AXGD retreated 1.8% to deliver their worst day in more than two weeks as a firmer greenback made bullion more expensive for holders of other currencies.