Miners, banks give Australian bourse a little boost

The Australian stock market has ended a tad higher after a mixed day for company profits reports. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS)

The local share market has finished marginally higher, with gains for the big banks and major miners and losses from Lendlease, the broader property sector and CSL.

The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Monday finished up 6.8 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 7,665.1, while the broader All Ordinaries rose 7.7 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 7,913.3.