Day traders' barely-made-it-to-the-weekend lounge September 2-4

Thanks afternoon crew. Tough week. Hope all came through with their shirts.

Today's market action: "ASX Close: Commodity crunch sinks miners for fifth day"

In this report:

• ASX 200 falls 0.25%
• Going up: banks, insurers, REITs, JHX, DSK
• Going down: miners, energy, EVN
• US futures dip 0.18%