Australian shares fall
Australian shares fell 0.3 percent on Friday, surrendering early gains on worries about earnings in the troubled retail sector and as concerns about the European debt crisis flared again after S&P downgraded Spanish sovereign debt.
Aust stocks lose early gains Updated: 12:45, Friday May 25, 2012 The Australian share market has fallen into negative territory as concern about the future of the euro zone outweighs earlier positive sentiment about Greece's future within it.