Thanks afternoon crew.
A long, slow slide today as the ASX 200 tracked the price of iron ore lower. The index finished 0.63% in the red at a one-week low. BHP, Rio and Fortescue lost between 2.12 and 4.06% as Chinese-traded ore fell 2.9%.
Energy, gold mining, utilities and supermarkets provided some upside. The Small Ords lost 1.07% and the spec index 1.4%.
US futures were neutral at the Australian market close.
