ASX 200 falls to six-month low; RBA keeps rates on hold

RBA holds rates at 4.1pc for fourth month. Inflation still too high: Bullock. US sale lifts Computershare. Avita tanks on new FDA hurdle. US, Aus bond yields hit new highs. Endeavour allows Wavish vote. 

Rates and inflation in focus for local investors on Tuesday. Picture: Damian Shaw

Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Tuesday, October 3.  The ASX 200 index closed down 1.3 per cent at 6943.40 points, its biggest one-day fall in almost two weeks, on mining and energy losses. Wall Street closed mixed.

The Aussie dollar is near US63.13c.