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Poppy Johnston

Australian shares slide to two-week low as tech drags

All sectors of the ASX have lost ground following lacklustre earnings by US tech firms. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

The local bourse has sunk to a two-week low as investors react to a sell-off in US technology stocks following disappointing earnings, with all three main Wall Street indexes finishing lower.

The S&P/ASX 200 index had slid 102.5 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 7,861.2 by Thursday's close, with the broader All Ordinaries falling 111.2 points, or 1.4 per cent, to 8,094.3.

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