Australia's share market has had a dour start to the new financial year, dropping for the seventh time out of its past 10 sessions after a sell-off in banking and supermarket stocks.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Wednesday finished 55.8 points lower at 8,722.9, a drop of 0.64 per cent, while the broader All Ordinaries fell 54.8 points, or 0.61 per cent, to 8,931.4.