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Adrian Black

Aussie shares fall as miners, major companies drag

Company-level news drove some of the biggest drops in the Australian market on Tuesday. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

The local share market has handed back the previous session's gains with interest, after stock-specific shocks and mining sector selling weighed on sentiment.

The S&P/ASX200 fell 43.1 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 9,012.5 as the broader All Ordinaries lost 56.1 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 9,295.8.

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