The ASX top-200 is down about 0.4 per cent since Monday, snapping a two-week winning streak. -AAP Image
Australia's share market has finished the week lower, after easing gold and copper prices pulled the rug out from under a mining sector rally.
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The benchmark S&P/ASX200 fell 11.6 points on Friday, down 0.13 per cent, to 8,958.2, as the broader All Ordinaries lost 13.3 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 9,263.3.
The top-200 was down roughly 0.3 per cent for the week, as data-starved investors grappled with the partial US government shutdown, and as local inflation concerns weighed on hopes of further Reserve Bank interest rate cuts.
Only three sectors finished lower on Friday, but a 2.2 per cent bloodbath in raw materials stocks levelled gains elsewhere as large cap miners, gold plays and mixed producers tumbled.
The Australian dollar is buying 65.67 US cents, down from 66.03 on Thursday at 5pm, after the greenback strengthened during the week amid potential leadership changes in France and Japan.
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