End-of-day summary:
Declines in bank and mining stocks steered the share market lower as a US market holiday sucked some of the momentum out of a positive week for local investors.
The ASX 200 eased 9.5 points or 0.12% this afternoon. The decline clipped the index's gain for the week to 55 points or 0.71%.
Drags this session included NAB, Rio Tinto and BHP. The day's best were gold miner West African Resources, investment manager Magellan, fintech Judo and diagnostics specialist Healius.
US futures inched higher ahead of the resumption of regular trade tonight following the Independence Day holiday. S&P 500 futures lifted 0.1%.
