ASX 200 falls 26 points to 7788 (-0.3%). For the week, the index is up a mere 15 points. Quiet day, banks eased back slightly as yields push to 4.28%. The Big Bank Basket down to $205.36 (-0.4%). Insurers better, and GQG doing better up 0.4%. MQG slipped 0.1%. REITs under pressure, GMG down 0.1% and MGR falling 1.8%. Industrials lower, WES fell 0.7%, WOW down 1.1% with TLS falling 1.1%. Tech slightly higher in places, WTC up 1.2%, the All-Tech Index pretty flat. In resources, iron ore miners under a little pressure, BHP down 0.9%, with PLS bucking the trend up 0.8% as gold miners back in favour as AUD bullion hits $3650. Not racing away though, NEM up 0.8% and GMD up 3.7%. NST down 0.4%. Oil and gas weaker, WDS off to Crufts again down another 1.3%. Uranium stocks better. In corporate news, BLD got a special dividend to sweeten the deal, GNX received an increased bid, DMP had an investor day, Japan is the focus, market underwhelmed. SGR revealed that high rollers had moved on, CTT updated an unimpressed market falling 5.67%. Nothing on the economic front locally. Asian markets mixed again with Japan up 0.5% and HK down 1.8%. China up 0.1%. Dow Futures up 37 points. NASDAQ Futures up 5 points.
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