Australia’s share market opened December on a shaky note, with the S&P/ASX 200 slipping as a major outage on the exchange’s announcements platform froze dozens of stocks and stubborn inflation kept interest‑rate nerves elevated. Reuters+2Market Index+2 ASX 200 opens December in the red The S&P/ASX 200 finished Monday down about 0.57%, losing 48.9 points to close near 8,565, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell roughly 0.6% to around 8,867. Market Index+2The Economic Times+2 Small caps fared worse, with the Small Ordinaries index dropping close to 0.8%, underscoring a broad risk‑off tone across the local market. Market Index Today’s decline comes after a volatile few weeks. Market analysts note that November