ASX 200 closed up 15 points at 6827 (0.2%), down only 1% for the week. Banks better after a run yesterday, the Big Bank Basket up to $171.72 (+0.7%). CBA leading the charge up %. MQG remain under pressure ahead of results due soon, down 0.5%. Insurers slid as yields stabilised, QBE down 1.7% and SUN off 1.0%. REITs finally found some friends, GMG up 0.2% and GPT up 1.4%. Healthcare flat, RMD down 4.0% on quarterly report. Defensive staples on the up, WOW up 0.7% and COL rallying 2.1%. Tech flat despite Nasdaq futures rallying, All Tech Index down 0.7%. Resources were mixed. Iron ore continues to do OK, BHP up 0.3% but RIO and FMG unchanged. Lithium stocks marginally better as support continues, PLS up 1.8% and MIN up 2.2%. Gold miners were better again, with NST up 0.3% and EVN up 0.6%.  Oil and gas stocks better as crude rises in Asian trade. In corporate news, HVN rose 4.8% on sales update and buyback announcement, Hancock gets a $2.14bn dividend from Roy Hill, ORG up 0.2% on LNG news on a SA terminal. On the economic front, PPI rose 1.8% this quarter. Asian markets slightly better, Japan up 1.2%, HK up 1.0% and China up 0.4%. European markets set to open slightly higher. 10Y yields fall to 4.80%. Dow Futures up 118 points. NASDAQ Futures up 124 points. 

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