For the week, the $S&P/ASX 200 (.XJO.AU)$ finished down 50.3...

For the week, the $S&P/ASX 200 (.XJO.AU)$ finished down 50.3 points or 0.63% lower, 0.76% from its intraweek low and 0.91% from its intraweek high.

Call it bargain hunting, short covering, or blame it on the miniscule bounce in the iron ore price, but something gave the Resources ( $Resources & Energy Group Ltd (REZ.AU)$ ) (+1.4%) a shove today. Certainly, the iron ore majors stacked on the most index points, with Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) (+2.7%), BHP Group ( $BHP Group Ltd (BHP.AU)$ ) (+2.2%), and Fortescue ( $Fortescue Ltd (FMG.AU)$ ) (+1.0%) each adding nicely.