The ASX 200 closed up 31 points to 8698 (0.4%) as banks were back in the driving seat. CBA up 1.2% with the Big Bank Basket up to $276.18 (+0.9%). MQG rallied 1.0% as financials generally found some love. XYZ up 2.8% and MFG doing well, up 4.6%. RPL up 4.1% too. REITs doing well, GMG up 0.5% and SCG rising 0.8%. Industrials also firm, SGH up 2.2% with retail better, WES up 0.6 % and WOW up 0.8%. Tech better, WTC up 0.3% and the All-Tech Index up 1.0%. Healthcare too in demand, CSL up 1.0% on trade deal, RMD rising 1.0%. Old Skool platforms better too, CAR up1.7 % and REA rising 1.3%. Resources were mixed, the shocker from BOE falling 44.0% as it warned on future production. Shorts had a ball in PDN, DYL and lithium stocks tumbled as Asian prices dropped hard. LTR down 8.0% and PLS off 11.7%. Gold miners were mixed, NEM up 4.5% on broker upgrades, the rest in the doldrums, GMD down 1.8% and RMS off 4.4%. Coal stocks also smacked down, WHC and YAL hit hard on a court ruling.

In corporate news, WTC has a new CEO, HLO rose 14.1% after an earnings upgrade. BUB too has a new CEO. Nothing on the economic front.

Asian markets mixed, Japan down 1%, HK up 0.4% and China up 0.1%. 

10-year yields steady at 4.34%.

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