Afternoon trading March 22

Thanks @shovel40, @mirren, @Fiji1 and morning crew.

Some welcome repair work this morning on the house of cards. ASX 200 up 0.95% at the halfway mark (almost 1.8% in two sessions).

Big bounce in energy: +3.9%. Financials also on the rebound for a second day: +1.8%. Goldies taking a predictable bashing after the yellow metal's worst night in six weeks.

US futures fractionally higher ahead of the rates decision. S&P 500 futures +0.07%

Personal trading: Bounce in CY5 would have been profitable with a full fill. Instead: beer money. Mind you, I like beer.