Rising iron ore prices couldn't protect the Australian share market from the fallout from the latest political drama in the US, with all sectors shedding value as investor sentiment was hit by concerns about the future of the Trump administration's economic agenda.

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Shares were buoyed by slightly better-than-expected economic growth numbers, but a slide in Wesfarmers kept the market in the red, while sentiment remained fragile ahead of a number of global risk events this week.

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The share market has reversed earlier gains to close lower after falls by financials and healthcare companies outweighed gains in the energy and telco sectors.

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The Australian sharemarket fell on Wednesday at the open as the new bank liability-levy hit the lenders, but it soon spiked higher on optimism policy certainty would be good for the domestic economy.

Heavy profit-taking in the major banks and miners hit the Australian sharemarket as market pundits warned the lenders were overbought and house prices faced downside risks.

The Australian sharemarket belatedly caught up to the global relief rally on the outcome from France's presidential election.

Tumbling commodity prices on rapidly fading global reflation hopes dragged the Australian share market lower again this week but bargain hunting in the major miners and telcos helped trim losses.

The Australian share market swung in and out of the red before closing firmer as iron ore prices fell and geopolitical tensions drove buying of safe-haven government bonds.

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Fading hope for "Trump reflation" was the main catalyst for the Australian share market falling the most in four months, but intensifying Chinese banking risks compounded the pressure on miners.

The Australian share market finished flat on Wednesday, as investors remained focused on the release of jobs data in the United States later this week.

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