End of Day – Fri 4 Feb

•  The ASX 200 shrugged off the latest tech wreck from Meta and focused on Amazon and the better futures finishing up 42 points to 7120 (0.6%). A relatively quiet day until a massive late surge on the match out as we await the US jobs number and start to digest the results in more detail. Banks were mixed with WBC up on broker comments and the big bank basket kicked higher to $170.62 (0.7%). MQG bounced 1.5% ahead of numbers next week though limited recovery in the wealth managers. JHG numbers not moving he dial much, falling 0.8%. Miners were mixed as BHP fell 0.5% and FMG rose 1.0% with lithium stocks turning positive late. S32 up 3.3% the stand-out. Energy doing ok on oil prices but muted, STO up 1.0% and WPL up1.1 %. 
• Industrials were flat and CSL finishing the SPP pricing period rising 0.5%. Last day Monday and then it closes. ALL rose 0.8% as the Playtech deal came up lemons, SEK down 3.8% and QAN rising 4.9% as Joyce talked WA closures. 
• In corporate news, NWS shot the lights out with good results up 5.7% and REA delivered but fell slightly down 0.4%. BLD fell 2.1% after the price was adjusted for the capital return. The RBA releases the SoMP today, the statement of monetary policy and was greeted with a bit a bounce in 10-year yields up to 1.96%. 
• Asian market starting to come back online with HK the standout. Winter Olympics opens tonight. 150k jobs in January the US number to watch 3.9% the headline rate. 

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