The ASX 200 finished the week up 15 points to 8788 in range bound trade. Up 15 points for the week! PCE tonight in the US. Banks firmed with the Big Bank Basket up to $279.52(+0.7%). CBA up 0.7% with insurers better too, QBE up 1.2% and SUN rising 1.5%. REITs still under some pressure. GMG down 0.9%. Wealth managers still struggling from recent fund failure pessimism. HUB down 4.2% and NWL off 2.9%. Industrials generally becalmed, TCL down 0.9% with CPU down 1.8% and SGH falling 0.5%. ORG fell 2.7% with tech struggling. The All-Tech Index down 0.6%.

Resources were once again the place to be. Maybe not the leaders, but the second tier was on a tear. DTR up another 17.5% with VUL doing well on a new German geo-thermal deal, up 15.6%. Gold miners rose, WGX up 2.9% and GGP rising 0.4%. NST up 0.4% as Goldfields sold down. Copper stocks were also strong, AIS up 13.1%. Few buyers creeping back in to uranium, NXG up 3.1% and DYL up 1.5%. Oil and gas stocks eased slightly.

In corporate news, CSL fell hard early on tariff news, it did rally from lows, down 1.9% at the close. MSB said no effect from tariffs. Still fell 3.6%. GOR is no longer as Goldfields wraps up its acquisition. IPX rallied hard on a new US government contract. Up 6.1%.

On the economic front, nothing locally. All eyes on the RBA next week. No change expected.

In Asian markets, Japan down 0.6%, China off 0.3% and HK off 0.4%.

10-year yields pushing higher to 4.39%.

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