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Inflation readout weighs heavily on Australian shares

The ASX200 dipped 22 points in two minutes after Australia's latest inflation figures. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS)

The local share market has suffered its biggest drop in more than a month after official statistics showed inflation has picked up, raising doubts about whether domestic rate cuts will occur at all this year.

The S&P/ASX200 index on Wednesday dropped 101.1 points, or 1.3 per cent, to a nearly four-week closing low of 7,665.6. 

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