It was a solid start to the week, with the ASX 200 up 102 points to 7749 (1.3%). Strong banks and resources are taking us up. The Big Bank Basket rallied to $248.77 (+1.6%). CBA was up 1.7%, and WBC was up 1.6%. Insurers also better with MQG flat as some downgrades coming through. REITs rallied hard, GMG up 2.4% and SCG up 1.8%. Industrials were better but lagged, WES up 1.1% and SGH up 2.7% with the supermarkets flat, retail rose, LOV up 2.4% and JBH rallying 2.4%. Travel stocks were a little better, tech doing well, WTC up 3.1% and XRO rising 2.3% with the All-Tech Index up 2.1%. TLS slipped a little. In resources, iron ore miners rose, BHP up 2.7%, RIO up 1.4% with the gold miners pushing up although gold saw some profit taking. NEM up 4.5% with EVN up 2.6%. MIN had a good day as some shorts covered again, PLS rallied 3.3% with IGO up 3.2%. Oil stocks inched up WDS up 1.1% and STO up 1.8% with uranium and coal stocks better, WHC up 4.8% and DYL up 3.9%. In corporate news, NEU jumped 21.1% on a positive end point for its Phase III trial. DEG up 1.6% as GOR will vote in favour of the NST deal. Nothing locally on the economic front.  Asian markets better, Japan up 1.6%, HK up 2.1% and China 0.3% higher. 10-year yields steady around 4.41%.

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