Banks pushing ASX200 into dark place

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The selloff on the ASX200 continues apace after lunch, with the miners not leading the charge for once. After falling nearly 1%, the main bourse is down 1.4%, led by financials with all the banks off around 2% with ANZ down more than 3%:

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While all the miners are up 0.2% or so, in lockstep, even though spot iron ore has seemingly reversed:

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The Aussie dollar is at a four day high, now back to its pre-Easter level at 75.60 cents against the USD:

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