The Aussie shares the skid as the miners fire and Mirvac pounces

It was down as much as 55.6 points, or 0.72 percent, by midday.

Overall, All Ordinaries fell 26.6 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 7,886.5.

The Australian dollar bought 65.62 US cents, up from 65.39 US cents at Wednesday’s ASX close.