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ASX 200 closes up 6 points to 73015 as early optimism evaporates. SYD up 34% on a 825c cash offer from a consortium the highlight. The Big Bank Basket eases to $179.01 and the 10-year yield falls to 1.42%. Miners mixed and industrials ease with the All Tech Index down 1.1%. TAH now plans to demerge its lotto and Keno business into a new ASX listed company called Tatts perhaps.

European markets expected to open slightly easier and OPEC plus meeting continues to fracture with issues with UAE.