* Investors await Xi-Trump meeting results
* Miners fall despite higher iron ore price
* Financials see best Q2 in 10 years
June 28 (Reuters) - Australian shares on Friday fell on the quarter's last day, pulled down by mining and energy stocks, as investors awaited the Saturday meeting in Japan between the U.S. and China presidents.
A mix of reports about the possible outcome of the Donald Trump-Xi Jinping meeting in Osaka on Saturday tempered overall market sentiment and brewed further uncertainty. S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO slid 0.7% to 6,618.80 at the close of trade.
For the quarter, however, the main index was 7.1% higher.
Investors booked profits on miners, which had big gains on Thursday.
Supported by robust iron ore prices, mining stocks had a huge run near the June 30 close of the Australian financial year. The mining .AXMM index has added more than 26% in 2019.
Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) RIO.AX shares dropped 2.4% on the day, while BHP Group BHP.AX finished 1.9% lower, despite Dalian iron ore prices surging to a record on concerns over tightening supply.
The financial sub-index .AXFJ erased earlier gains to end marginally lower. Three of the "Big Four" banks lost in the 0.1%-0.6% range. Only Westpac WBC.AX , up 0.8%, gained.
However, financials rose 9% in the second quarter of 2019, marking its best second quarter in 10 years. oil prices hammered energy stocks .AXEJ , which fell 1.7%. Sector heavyweight Woodside Petroleum WPL.AX gave away 2.1%, while smaller peers Santos STO.AX and Oil Search OSH.AX shed 1.7% and 1.8%, respectively.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 finished 0.7% higher at 10,501.10 on the day and up 6.7% in the April-June quarter.
Genesis Energy GNE.NZ and Mercury NZ MCY.NZ , each gaining over 4%, were the top advancers on the main board.
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