Australia stocks fall for first time in four days

The Australian share market ended lower for the first time in four consecutive sessions on Thursday, 26 February 2015, as a broad-based sell-off in key mining and financial companies overshadowing some scattered good news on the earnings front. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index declined 36.40 points, or 0.61%, to 5908.50, while the broader All Ordinaries Index was down 30.70 points, or 0.52%, to 5877.90. Market turnover was relatively healthy, with 1.8 billion shares changing hands worth of A$4.95 billion.

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