Rate-sensitive banking, property, tech stocks weigh on Australian shares
Benchmark index ends lower tracking Wall Street losses
Banks, property and tech stocks top drags
Wesfarmers ends lower after Morgan Stanley downgrade
By Sherin Sunny
May 24 (Reuters) -Australian shares ended lower on Friday after a broad-based sell-off on Wall Street overnight as investors pared back bets of U.S. rate cuts this year, dragging banking, real estate and technology stocks lower on the local benchmark.
The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO ended 1.1% lower at 7,727.60 points. The benchmark ended 1.1% lower for the week, snapping its four-week winning streak.
U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday after economic data showed inflation in the world's largest economy was still a concern, possibly delaying the timing of a Federal Reserve rate cut this year. .N
"The Fed is not going to cut this year," said Henry Jennings, senior market analyst at Marcus Today.
"It wants to but the economy is too strong and it would rather do nothing than do the wrong thing and cut."
In Sydney, financials .AXFJ closed the day 1.2%lower. The country's "Big Four" banks ended the day down between 1%and 1.5%.
Technology stocks .AXIJ fell 1.5%,tracking a lead from Wall Street with Block SQ2.AX and Xero XRO.AX both ending lower at 2.2% and 2.7%.
Real-estate shares .AXRE closed 1.6%down as well with Mirvac MGR.AX and Dexus DXS.AX falling 2.5%and 2.2%.
Miners .AXMM closed 0.6% lower amid falling iron-ore prices overnight.
Mining behemoths BHP Group BHP.AX, Rio Tinto RIO.AX and Fortescue FMG.AX closed lower between 0.6%and 0.8%.
Gold stocks .AXGD closed 0.5% lower after bullion prices hit a two-week low as interest rate cut expectations started to dwindle after the hawkish tone in the Fed minutes. GOL/
"Widespread worries are growing, fuelled by frustration over the murky economic outlook and uncertain rate-cut trajectory as we approach the end of the month," said Hebe Chen, market analyst at IG.
Shares of Wesfarmers WES.AX, the country's largest listed conglomerate, ended 3.8% lower after Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 ended 0.2% lower to finish the session at 11,783.39 points.
Reporting by Sherin Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman
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