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Evening Market Analysis: August 10

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Publish date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011, 05:17 PM
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The Aussie market rallied strongly today, buoyed by last night's commitment from the Fed to support the US economy.

The big banks were on fire, with NAB leaping 6.1% for the day.

CBA was up a more modest 2% after its subdued outlook for credit growth. The bank earlier reported a monster 1H11 cash profit of $6.84 billion.

Resource stocks led today's gains, with BHP and Rio Tinto rising more than 3.5% each.

However Computershare was among the decliners after its full year profit fell 10% from a year earlier. CPU shares shed 2% today.

Harvey Norman was a stellar performer (+8.9%) among the retailers after reporting a full year increase in sales.

The ASX 200 soared 107 points (+2.6%), closing at 4141.

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