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ASX 200 closes at yet another record up 35 points to 7295 (0.5%) Banks once again leading the charge with the Big Bank Basket up to $186.10. Miners under pressure as a higher USD took the gloss off commodity prices. Gold miners especially  hard hit. Tech under pressure but industrials taking up the slack, even TLS rose 1.7%. Non-farm payrolls tonight. Forecast of 650,000 jobs added and headline rate of 5.9%. But could be anything after last month.