Australia shares fall 2 percent; ANZ tumbles
Published: 28 Oct 2009 15:19:52 PSTWELLINGTON, Oct 29 - Australian stocks fell 2 percent on Thursday, led by miners and banks including Australia & New Zealand Banking Group <ANZ.AX>, on concerns about the health of the global economy.
ANZ fell as much as 3 percent. It reported year profit above expectations but gave a cautious outlook.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index <.AXJO> fell 93.3 points to 4,591.8 by 2311 GMT, after losing 1.4 percent on Wednesday.
New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 index <.NZ50> fell 0.6 percent to 3,182.65.
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