Australian shares finished lower on Friday after losses concentrated in mining and energy stocks ended the market's run of recent gains.

The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 6,029.4 points at 1630 AEDT, with miners and oil producers the main drag on an index that has climbed 6 per cent since the beginning of October.

The S&P/ASX200 passed through the 6,000 point mark on Tuesday and finished 1.2 per cent higher for the week.

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