* Benchmark index .AXJO hits 1-week low
* Mining index slumps to 3-month low
* NZ slips on healthcare stocks (Updates to close)
Aug 13 (Reuters) - Australian shares ended lower on Monday, weighed down by materials and banks after the crisis in Turkey hit Asian assets, while global trade turmoil pushed commodity prices lower.
A renewed sell-off in the Turkish lira on Monday pushed Asian assets lower, driving demand for safe havens.
The flight to safety dragged MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS down 1.3 percent to a five-week low.
The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO fell 0.4 percent to 6,252.2 at the close of trade, a second consecutive declining session.
The ASX mining index .AXMM fell to its lowest in more than three months as global trade tensions pressured commodity prices.
BHP BHP.AX , the world's biggest miner, posted its lowest close in three weeks and was the biggest drag on the benchmark.
Rival Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) RIO.AX fell for a third consecutive session to post its lowest close in more than four months.
London copper fell on Monday after the dollar rose to a 13-month high against the euro as investors shunned risky assets and sought safe havens.
Shanghai rebar futures pared early gains to close lower on Friday amid intensifying trade dispute between the United States and China and worries about slowing growth. MET/L IRONORE/
The financial sector .AXFJ added to losses with Australia's "big four" banks falling between 0.5 percent to 0.6 percent.
Investors are eyeing updates from three of the country's major banks this week after top lender Commonwealth Bank of Australia CBA.AX warned of slower mortgage growth and last week reported its first fall in annual net profit in almost 10 years. major banks' reputations are in tatters after severe malpractice was disclosed at a Royal Commission public inquiry into financial sector misconduct.
Across the Tasman Sea, New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 fell 0.7 percent or 65.57 points to finish the session at 8,945.04.
Health care stocks weighed most on the index. Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Corporation FPH.NZ was the biggest drag on the benchmark, ending 2.4 percent lower, and Ryman Healthcare RYM.NZ slid 1.3 percent.
Fletcher Building FBU.NZ dropped 1.7 percent.