The ASX 200 has finished the day up 31 points or 0.4%. Giving up morning gains as Asian markets drifted lower before a late rally set in. Employment numbers did little to move the dial (held at 4.1% with 16k new jobs added). Banks bounced back from yesterday’s weakness while Resources continued to languish on no news from China. The big four gained between 1% and 2.2% while resources and the iron ore giants finished mostly lower.

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