Half-time wrap: Aussie shares fell for a third session as a US market holiday and the start of dividend payment season acted as handbrakes. The ASX 200 dropped 20 points or 0.23% by mid-session. Gains in the heavily-weighted banks and iron ore miners helped the index trim early losses. The big four high-street banks put on between 0.24% and 1.39%. Companies trading without the right to the next dividend payout accounted for much of the weakness. Woolworths, Wesfarmers, Santos, Sigma Health and Bendigo Bank all traded ex-dividend this morning. Trade on Wall Street was suspended overnight for the Labor Day holiday. S&P 500 futures were lately near neutral at +0.03% despite European stock gains.
Personal trading: IFG gave a decent intraday swing, but didn't get a proper fill. Also took GML, MML and WTM to mixed results.
