** Australia's energy stocks sub-index .AXEJ lost 1.5%, its lowest level since Jan. 2, hit by lower oil prices
** Global oil prices weakened with news surging interest in Chinese startup DeepSeek's low-cost artificial intelligence $(AI)$ model prompted concerns over energy demand to power data centers O/R
** AXEJ fell as much as 1.9% earlier in the day, marking its worst intraday drop since Dec. 19
** Sector majors such as Woodside Energy WDS.AX shed 0.2% while smaller peer Santos STO.AX lost 0.4%
** AXEJ up nearly 1.6% YTD including day's moves
(Reporting by Rajasik Mukherjee in Bengaluru)
((Rajasik.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com))
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