Australian shares fell 0.6 per cent on Friday, weighed by losses in mining and energy firms with investors nervous ahead of a key US jobs report that could trigger sharp moves.
The S&P/ASX 200 index shed 33.5 points to 5,335.3 at the close of trade, but was still up 0.4 per cent for the week.
New Zealand’s benchmark NZX 50 index ended the session unchanged at 5,521.9 to show a jump of nearly 2 per cent so far this week.
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