End-of-day summary:
Aussie shares edged higher as gains in biotech giant CSL and the iron ore miners outweighed multi-week lows in several of the big banks.
The ASX 200 trimmed an early gain of 46 points to a final tally of nine points or 0.1%.
CBA, National Bank and Westpac all closed at their lowest levels in at least seven weeks after falling 1.27% to 3.06%. ANZ, which had underperformed the other three in recent months, dipped 0.77%.
Balancing the weakness in banks, CSL charged up 3.38% to a four-month high. A near five-month high in iron ore helped bulk metal miners BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue put on between 2.6% and 3.37%.
The intraday fade here mirrored events on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 hit an all-time high before trimming its advance to 0.14%.
