Australian shares fall across the board, but post best year since 2009; NZ dips <!-- no image --> <div>Australian shares fell nearly 2% on the last trading day of 2019, but still racked up their best annual performance in a decade.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Km9K_NRGnIQ:gfuTTfhLGo0: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=Km9K_NRGnIQ:gfuTTfhLGo0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Km9K_NRGnIQ:gfuTTfhLGo0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Km9K_NRGnIQ:gfuTTfhLGo0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Km9K_NRGnIQ:gfuTTfhLGo0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/Km9K_NRGnIQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters