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Derek Rose

Banks and supermarkets drag Australian shares lower

The Australian share market has dropped for the seventh time out of its past 10 sessions. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

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.

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