The Aussie market finished in front today, defying a negative lead from Wall Street overnight.

While the bears used the fear of Europe's crisis infecting US banks to open the market lower, there was not enough conviction to keep the run going with the bulls wrestling back control by session close.

The banks had a mixed day, with Westpac rising 1.1% and NAB dropping 1.1%.

Despite receiving a takeover offer, Spotless Group managed a gain of only 1.7% for the day.

In the mining space, BHP gained 1.1% and Rio Tinto put on 0.6%

Platinum Australia was the big loser of the day, plummeting 23.5% after announcing a share placement at $0.12 cents per share.

The ASX 200 climbed 11 points (+0.3%) closing at 4258.

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Evening Market Analysis: Defiant Aussie is a post from: Australian Stock Report Market Pulse Blog