
The local share market has slipped after the US rejected Iran's latest peace proposal to end the Middle East war, and as a huge plunge by a prominent biotech name weighed on the bourse.
The S&P/ASX200 index on Monday fell 42.6 points, or 0.49 per cent, to 8,701.8 while the broader All Ordinaries dropped 38.1 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 8,942.4.