Resource sector weighs on the ASX

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The Australian share market is flat at noon as the resource and energy sectors deal with falling commodity prices and residual uncertainty about the Chinese yuan.

Drops in the price of oil pushed the energy sector into the red with Woodside, Santos, Oil Search and Origin Energy all sliding lower.

Meanwhile Tabcorp and Automative Holdings rose on the back of good earnings results.

KEY FACTS

* At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 5.8 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 5,393.7 points.

* The broader All Ordinaries index was up 6.2 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 5,395.2 points.

* The September share price index futures contract was up 5 points at 5,322, with 13,553 contracts traded.

* National turnover was $808 million securities worth $1.6 billion.