Australian consumer staple retailers trading ex-dividend weighs on benchmark
** Australian consumer staples index .AXSJ down as much as 2% to 12,636.80 points, marking its biggest intraday pct drop since Aug. 5, as major constituents trade ex-dividend
** Non-discretionary retailers among top losers in the benchmark ASX200 .AXJO, which is down 0.1% as at 0248 GMT
** Shares of Australia's top grocer Woolworths WOW.AX fall as much as 3.9% to A$34.440, marking their worst day since May 2
** Coles COL.AX, the second-biggest supermarket chain, down up to 2.4% to the worst day since May 2
** Endeavour Group EDV.AX, alcohol retailer and hotel operator, down 2.3%
** WOW and COL among top 10 losers in the benchmark index .AXJO
** Wesfarmers WES.AX, the country's top non-food retailer and a part of the discretionary retail index .AXDJ, falls 2.5% to its lowest level since Aug. 8
** Ex-dividend date is a cut-off by which investors need to be on the register of a company to receive the upcoming dividend payment
Reporting by Sameer Manekar in Bengaluru
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