Australian shares edge lower on financials; NZ flat <!-- no image --> <div>Australian shares dropped on Friday but hovered around a more than 11-year high as hopes of monetary policy easing at home and in the United States led to sustained buying of equities this week.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=LJ0Qc2GhDUQ:JXLcP9jBjd8: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=LJ0Qc2GhDUQ:JXLcP9jBjd8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=LJ0Qc2GhDUQ:JXLcP9jBjd8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=LJ0Qc2GhDUQ:JXLcP9jBjd8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=LJ0Qc2GhDUQ:JXLcP9jBjd8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/LJ0Qc2GhDUQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters