The Australian share market was down in June with the All Ordinaries index falling 2.8% to close the month at 4,775.4 points. The poor performance comes on the back of a 4.9% fall in May. Notwithstanding the recent pull-back, the Australian share market still recorded a very strong financial year, gaining more than 15%.
Global shares also finished June in negative territory with the Dow Jones Index falling 1.4%, the FTSE falling 5.6%, the Hang Seng falling 7.1% and the Nikkei 225 falling 0.7%.