SYDNEY: Australian shares ended flat on Friday and capped off the week with declines as another poor performance by the banks kept a lid on the market.
The S&P/ASX 200 index ended barely changed at 5,664.7. On the week, the benchmark index shed 1.2 per cent.
All the big four banks ended in the red led by a 0.54 percent fall in Commonwealth Bank. They have dropped more than 10 percent in the past few weeks on concerns about their earnings outlook.






