Star and Treasury Wine lose revenue over COVID and China, while ASX 200 follows Wall Street down

The Australian share market is sliding on fears that economic support will be curtailed in the US, while Australian company results are mixed, due to COVID-19.

The ASX 200 closed down 0.6 per cent.

The worst performers included Sims (-7.6pc), Mineral Resources (-6.6pc), BHP (-6.3pc) and Codan (-8.3pc).

Almost half the benchmark's stocks ended in the red.

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