
The Australian share market has closed lower following more pushback from central bankers on the pace of global interest rate cuts, with the hawkish rhetoric also sending the local currency to a five-week low.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Wednesday dropped 21.7 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 7,393.1, while the All Ordinaries fell 24.6 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 7,622.5.