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ASX slides as banks dip, crude hits $US70 a barrel

A mid-session rally sparked by stronger than expected GDP partials and a still-dovish Reserve Bank of Australia wasn’t enough to lift the Australian sharemarket on Tuesday, as the major banks weighed on local shares.

The S&P/ASX 200 index declined 19 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 7142.6, falling further away from the record high it hit on Friday.

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William McInnes covers markets from Sydney including editing the Markets Live blog. Connect with William on Twitter. Email William at w.mcinnes@afr.com.au

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