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Australian share market dragged down by miners despite Wall Street records
The local share market has fallen in early trade, despite a strong session on Wall Street on Friday.
By 10:20am (AEST), the ASX 200 was down by 0.4 per cent to 6,970 points, with most sectors in the red.
Mining stocks dragged, including BHP (-0.9pc), Fortescue (-0.9pc) and South32 (-1.4pc), and gold miners.
Financials was the only sector slightly higher in early trade, with shares in ANZ (+0.3pc), NAB (+0.6pc), Westpac (+0.2pc) and Bank of Queensland (+0.7pc) rising.
The Australian dollar was marginally weaker against the US dollar, buying around 76.2 US cents.
Around the region, stocks in Japan and South Korea edged higher.
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