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Australian shares closed lower on Tuesday as sentiment was hit by domestic and global political uncertainty, with most sectors posting big declines. <\/p>\n

Concerns over the Italian budget, impasse on Brexit talks as well as tensions between the West and Saudi Arabia over the killing of a journalist have dented global risk appetite. <\/p>\n

Losses overnight on Wall Street, partly on nerves amid the US earnings season, put Sydney on the backfoot from the start, with S&P\/ASX 200 index closing down 1.1 per cent at 5843.1. It marked the third session of losses, following a 0.6 per cent drop on Monday. <\/p>\n

Political uncertainty in Australia also undercut sentiment after Australia's ruling Liberal National government suffered a disastrous by-election loss over the weekend, snatching away its one-seat majority. <\/p>\n

The energy index led declines and fell 3.2 per cent to a over four-month closing low, as global oil prices dipped amid nervousness in the run-up to US sanctions against Iran's exports that start next month. Woodside Petroleum<\/a> Ltd and Santos Ltd lost 2.9 per cent and 2.8 per cent, respectively. <\/p>\n

Oil Search Ltd ended 4.4 per cent down despite reporting strong quarterly results. <\/p>\n

Financial stocks lost 1.2 per cent, with the country's third largest lender Australia and New Zealand Banking Group slipping 1.9 per cent. <\/p>\n

Commonwealth Bank<\/a> of Australia finished 1.1 per cent down. The lender said that it would sell its 80 per cent stake in Indonesian life insurance business PT Commonwealth Life. <\/p>\n

Australia's financial sector has been under intense scrutiny this year, and has been heavily sold off over the past months, after revelations of widespread misconduct. <\/p>\n

Healthcare stocks also ended lower as heavyweight CSL Ltd's 1.9 per cent decline weighed on the sector. <\/p>\n

Bucking the trend, hospital operator Healthscope Ltd rose a record 20 per cent after it received a renewed A$4.11 billion ($2.90 billion)takeover bid from private equity suitors. The stock was the biggest gainer on the ASX 200. The metals and mining sub-index declined 1.1 per cent, as mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto fell 1.1 per cent and 0.8 per cent, respectively. Worries about slowing growth in China, a big buyer of Australian resources, have weighed on the sector. <\/p>\n

New Zealand's, benchmark index S&P\/NZX 50 fell 1.5 per cent or 129.08 points to 8,673.18, led by healthcare and consumer stocks. <\/p>\n

Medical device maker Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp fell 4.4 per cent, while a2 Milk Company lost 0.6 per cent. <\/p>\n

Sellers circled Fisher & Paykel after a German regional court found that certain products of the company infringed a patent held by US based ResMed<\/a> Inc. <\/p>\n

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