Market Wrap / China miss

The S&P/ASX 200 declined by 0.24% this Monday, settling at 8,849.60 points, following Wall Street lower after Friday's jobs data showed growth cooled in August. Today, data revealed China's export growth slowed to a six-month low in August.Locally, the financial sector dragged the market down, falling 0.74%, with all major banks and insurers in the red. The energy sector was also lower, despite OPEC+ flagging a slow down in the pace to a higher oil output. Woodside shed 2.92%.The miners were painting a different picture however, with Rio Tinto up 1.19% over the session. And PLS was topping the charts, up 5.06%, as AustraliaSuper bought in last Friday. In company news, Coles and Woolworths flagged a liability of around $1 billion between the two supermarket giants,  following last Friday's Federal Court ruling on the underpayments of salaries. Coles was down 1.13%. Tomorrow, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer confidence index is due. While, CSL, BlueScope Steel and NewsCorp trade ex-dividend.