sept 22 reuters  australia shares fell on wednesday weighed down by heavyweight banks and mining stocks as copper prices dropped although gains in energy tech and gold stocks capped losses the spasx 200 index fell 023 to 72568 by 0023 gmt after ending 04 higher in the previous session copper prices extended their decline to a onemonth low on tuesday on renewed fears that troubles at debtladen developer china evergrande group could seep into the global economy australian mining stocks fell 04 led by a 23 drop in liontown resources ltd followed by coronado global resources inc losing 201 global miners bhp rio tinto and fortescue metlas declined between 01 and 06 financial stocks shed nearly 1 to hit a more than sevenweek low with the “big four” banks declining between 05 and 11 qbe insurance group and nib holdings were the worst performers on the financials subindex losing 23 and 22 respectively westpac fell for a fourth straight session losing as much as 12 after it scrapped the sale of its pacific businesses to kina securities and said it expected to write back a loss of about a121 million 8752 million it had recognised with its firsthalf results in contrast energy stocks rose 1 led by washington h soul pattinson and company adding 29 followed by worley gaining 27 on a modest rise in oil prices overnight tech stocks rose 03 led by xero ltd up 15 followed by megaport ltd gaining 06 wall street closed near flat overnight ahead of the us federal reserve meeting where the central bank could set out a timeline to taper its stimulus in new zealand the benchmark spnzx 50 index fell 01 to 13163 japan’s nikkei was down 046 and sp 500 eminis futures were down 035 1  13826 australian dollars reporting by aditya munjuluru editing by rashmi aich