* Australia, New Zealand see broad-based losses
* Aussie shares touch lowest level since Oct. 9
* Financials, utilities weigh on NZ benchmark
By Pranav A K
Oct 27 (Reuters) - Australian shares tracked global stock markets lower on Tuesday and hit a near three-week low, hurt by concerns about the global economic health as cases of the novel coronavirus surged in Europe and the United States.
The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO dropped 1.1% to 6,085.8 by 0044 GMT in a broad-based sell-off and was on course for its fourth straight session of losses. The benchmark slipped 0.2% on Monday.
Record daily jumps in infections in the United States, Russia and France weighed on Asian markets, while U.S. stocks dropped overnight as a surge in domestic cases added to worries over dimmed prospects of a stimulus package. .N MKTS/GLOB
In Australia, the energy .AXEJ and the technology sub-indexes .AXIJ dived more than 2% each and led the declines on the benchmark.
Tech shares marked their worst intraday session since Sept. 24, while the energy sub-index touched a near three-week low.
The metals and mining index .AXMM dropped 1.5%, with global miners Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) RIO.AX and BHP Group BHP.AX both down 1.4%.
Zip Co Ltd Z1P.AX slid 5.8% and was the biggest percentage loser on the Australian benchmark, while online retailer Adore Beauty Group ABY.AX lost up to 5%, taking the newly listed company's losses since listing to about 18%.
Elsewhere, Boral Ltd BLD.AX climbed 4.7% after the building materials supplier announced a 50% stake sale in USG Boral to Germany's Gebr Knauf for A$1.43 billion ($1.02 billion). New Zealand, the S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 fell 1.2% to its lowest level in more than two weeks, with losses in financials and utility sectors weighing on the benchmark. ($1 = 1.4027 Australian dollars)