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ASX 200 finished the week up 71 points at a new 8394 record. Up 1.3% for the week. All sectors firing with the banks pushing up yet again. CBA up another 1.8% and NAB up 1.3% with the Big Bank Basket at $265.19 (+1.4%). MQG up 1.0% and financials better, SOL up 1.0% and ASX up 1.4%. REITs firmed, GMG up 0.5% and SGP up 1.2%. Industrials solid as a rock, WES up 1.8% and TLS up 0.3% with CSL bouncing back again, PME doing what it does best up 3.4%. BXB another day in the green up 0.5% with retail finding support. Black Friday sales kicking off, JBH up 1.6% and LOV rebounding from early losses, up 1.4%. ALL fell 1.7% and LNW up 3.6%. Resources were slightly higher, BHP up 0.9% and FMG up 1.1%. Gold miners are better again as bullion rose on increased geo-political risk, NST up 1.9% and EVN up 1.0%. Lithium and rare earths remain in the "Chateau de Chien". PLS down 6.8% and LYC off 1.0%. Oil and gas stocks are in demand, WDS up 2.2% and uranium pushing higher, PDN up 5.9%. In corporate news, another 25 AGMs today, WTC fell 12.4% on a profit downgrade, and MP1 fell 9.5% after reaffirming its earnings outlook. KGN fell 2.7% on its earnings update. No significant economic updates locally. Asian markets mixed again, with Japan up 0.7% with China and HK down over 1%. 10Y yields steady at 4.55%.


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