The Australian dollar strengthened 0.5 per cent against its US counterpart after the country’s consumer price index came in stronger than expected.
The currency rose to A$0.67 per dollar, while the country’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index shed 1 per cent. Retailer Harvey Norman led losses with a 7.4 per cent drop.
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