Thanks afternoon crew. End-of-day summary: The share market...

Thanks afternoon crew.

End-of-day summary:

The share market started the week on the up-swing, briefly threatening its old high set earlier this month before paring its rally.

The ASX 200 ended at 7812, a gain of 41 points or 0.53% after touching 7844.4 in morning trade. The index peaked less than three points from the March 8 record close and within nine points of that session's intraday top of 7853.1.

Property stocks, energy producers and healthcare providers led a rally that lifted 10 of 11 sectors. The day's best performers included gold miners West African Resources and Ramelius, tech company Megaport and industrial property giant Goodman Group.

The market overcame soft leads from Wall Street, where a 0.16% advance for the Nasdaq was offset by declines of 0.77% for the Dow and 0.14% for the S&P 500.