Australian shares close lower as banks weigh <!-- no image --> <div>Australian shares ended lower on Monday as losses in the country's leading four banks eclipsed strong corporate earnings, while investors weighed the near-term hit on global growth from the coronavirus outbreak.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=89KOYUmqhEU:yXab7SIZDYQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=89KOYUmqhEU:yXab7SIZDYQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=89KOYUmqhEU:yXab7SIZDYQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=89KOYUmqhEU:yXab7SIZDYQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=89KOYUmqhEU:yXab7SIZDYQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/89KOYUmqhEU" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters