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Adrian Black

Aussie shares near flat in dull end to 2025's wild ride

The S&P/ASX200 drifted 2.8 points lower on Wednesday's abridged session. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's share market has crawled to the finish on the last trading day of 2025, with no strong move to punctuate 12 months shaped by global trade disputes, artificial intelligence hype and geopolitical strife.

The S&P/ASX200 drifted 2.8 points lower on Wednesday's abridged session, down 0.03 per cent, to 8,714.3, as the broader All Ordinaries lost 3.6 points, or 0.04 per cent, to 9,018.8.

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