Australian shares fall as miners slide, oil prices stoke inflation worries

Australian shares fell on Tuesday as weak commodity prices hurt mining and gold stocks, while rising crude oil prices heightened inflation worries and reinforced expectations of a U.S. Federal Reserve rate hike.The S&P/ASX 200 index ASX:XJO fell 0.5% to 8,709.6, as of 0005 GMT. The benchmark ended…