ASX 200 ends flat, miners fall; Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting books $5bn profit
Billionaire's mining giant's profit falls. Argument breaks out on Endeavour AGM floor. Weak China data hits resources stocks. Treasury Wine's $1.4bn DAOU Vineyards buy. AustSuper rejects Brookfield/EIG Origin bid.
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Tuesday, October 31. The ASX 200 index closes flat, edging up only 0.1 per cent to 6780.70 points, giving up its earlier gains as weaker than expected Chinese PMI data hits mining stocks. Wall Street rebounded overnight.
The Aussie dollar is trading near US63.47c.
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