The local share market has fallen at the start of the trading week despite a recovery across US 'mega-cap' tech stocks, while the Australian dollar is trading near a two-month low.
Australian shares have stumbled in early trade, despite a rebound across Wall Street's "mega-cap" technology stocks.Travel companies Qantas and Flight Centre were some of the best performers, along with healthcare stocks Healius and Mesoblast .
Despite the recent volatility, the Australian market managed to pull off a 1.7 per cent gain last week.
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