ASX 200 fell for the fifth day down around 47 points to 7347 (0.6%). Losses across the board with local jobs data showing a slow down with the headline steady at 3.9%. Seasonal factors may be a issue. Banks held steady on jobs number. The Big Bank Basket pretty much unchanged. Insurers better on higher yields, MQG down 0.7%. REITs falling fast, GMG down 1.6%, SCG off 2.4% and SGP down 3.9%. Industrials falling away, REA down 2.5%, WOW off 0.3%, TLS falling 0.5% and tech sliding too. WTC off 0.4% and XRO down 0.4%. The All-Tech Index down 0.4%. Healthcare slid, CSL down 1.1% and RMD down 1.1%. Resources back on the nose again, BHP production numbers solid but nickel an issue, off 1.8%. FMG up 1.0% and lithium stocks heavy, PLS down 2.0% and LTR falling 10.7% as Albemarle threw in the towel. Gold miners were mixed after the Red Wedding yesterday, EVN managed a small rise of 0.3%, uranium stocks seeing some profit taking. In corporate news, EML bounced 22.2% on Irish news of TSCIL withdrawal. APM was thumped 40.8% on a profit warning. In economic news, Jobs data dominated, whilst in Asian, Japan was up 0.3%, HK up 0.6% and China down another 0.6%. 10-year yields at 4.26%.

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