Australian share market finished the session steep lower on Friday, 10 October 2014, amid mounting concerns relating to global economic growth. All sectors were firmly in the red, with the energy sector and miners the hardest hit. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index and the broader All Ordinaries Index both declined by 2% to 5188.30 and 5185.70, respectively. Turnover was relatively strong with 1.98 billion shares worth of A$5.16 billion traded today. The sell-off extended the index's losses for the week to 2.4%.
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