AUSTRALIAN shares closed lower on Monday, snapping four straight sessions of gains, as a spike in domestic cases of the novel coronavirus forced fresh restrictions and renewed fears of further economic pain.
The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.7% lower at 6,014.6. For the year so far, the index has shed 9.37%.
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