The ASX 200 came back strongly from a morning dip to close down 0.3%. Not a bad effort considering the larger falls around the region, apart from the Hang Seng.

OZ Minerals hit a nine-year high today thanks to an impressive quarterly update, as well as the surging copper price. Meanwhile, Australia Post CEO, Christine Holgate, has been forced to stand aside while an investigation is conducted into four senior employees being given $3,000 Cartier watches as bonuses. A lot cheaper than Ahmed Fahour's $10.8 million golden handshake. Our top three VODs today are:

Why Mary is big on Chinese tech

hipages scouts a $100m IPO at the top of its game

Zach picks oil, James likes copper


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