The ASX 200 fell 8 points to 8551 in quiet trade. Banks fell slightly with the Big Bank Basket at $294.91 (0.1%). ANZ the star playing some catch-up up rising 2.2%. Insurers slid, QBE off 0.6% and financial services continued to push higher. PNI up 1.5% and HUB putting on 1.6%. REITs slipped, GMG off 1.3% and SCG down 0.6%. Industrials generally weaker, TCL down 0.6%, BXB off 0.5% and tech under pressure as XRO resumed trade after placement. Off lows but still down 5.3%. The All-Tech Index dropped 1.0%. Retail and travel stocks mixed, LOV down 1.1% with FLT up 0.8%. Pizza and burritos down, KFC up, LNW pushing ahead again, up %. Resources were mixed. Lithium showed signs of life with Vanguard taking a stake in PLS, up 5.6% and MIN rallying 3.6%. The iron ore miners were flat, gold miners fell, NST down 2.3% and EVN off 0.9%. Uranium stocks slightly better, BOE up 2.0% though BMN dropped 9.9% after a cap raise. Oil and gas mixed, WDS off 0.6% with STO up 0.8%.

In corporate news, XRO returned to trade, NEU ran hard up 6.1% on US news. AZJ fell 0.3% on an earnings update. 

Nothing on the economic front. Asian markets mixed, Japan up 1.7%, HK down 0.9%, China down 0.4%. 10-year yields steady at 4.11%.

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