* 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds soar overnight
* Energy stocks hurt by drop in oil prices
* Tech stocks track Wall Street peers lower
By Soumyajit Saha
March 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell in early trade on Friday, hurt most by losses among energy and mining stocks, and a spike in U.S. Treasury yields to 14-month highs.
The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO dropped 1% to 6,745.9 by 2323 GMT. The benchmark index was set to post a 1.3% weekly loss after recording gains in the past two weeks.
Yields on the U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasuries soared to more than 1.75% a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve projected the strongest growth in nearly 40 years and promised to keep interest rates low. sectors and shares, energy stocks .AXEJ declined 2.8% as oil prices plunged on growing worries about demand in Europe due to rising COVID-19 cases. O/R
Gas explorers Woodside Petroleum Ltd WPL.AX and Santos Ltd STO.AX lost 3.2% and 3.1%, respectively.
Heavyweight mining stocks .AXMM fell 1.1% as lower copper prices against a stronger dollar and rising bond yields weighed. Global miners BHP Group BHP.AX and Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) RIO.AX slipped 1.6% and 0.8%, respectively.
Tech stocks .AXIJ dropped 2.2%, mirroring their peers on Wall Street, with buy now pay later co Afterpay APT.AX and insurance software maker Bravura Solutions BVS.AX falling 2.5% and 2.8% each.
Healthcare stocks .AXHJ also fell, with drug developer CSL Ltd CSL.AX and medical device maker Resmed Inc RMD.AX falling 1.3% and 2.9%, respectively.
Meanwhile, aluminium producer Alcoa (NYSE:AA) Corp AA.N said it had signed new five-year electricity supply agreements with AGL Energy AGL.AX , Origin Energy ORG.AX and Alinta Energy for its Portland aluminium smelter in Victoria. of AGL rose 0.6%, while Origin Energy was down 1.5%.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 was nearly unchanged, but the index was on track for a 0.1% weekly loss.