Australia stocks end lower

The Australian share market declined on Friday, 03 July 2015, registering first fall in four consecutive days, as weak finish of offshore market overnight and decline in commodity prices triggered profit booking. The worse than expected retail sales data for May also weighed down investor sentiments. All ASX sectors closed down, with shares of oil explorers and mining companies being top losers. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index and the broader All Ordinaries Index each declined by 1.1% to 5538.30 and 5528, respectively. The ASX200 closed down 0.14% for the week.

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