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The ASX200 is eyeing a lift of 0.5% at the open, headed towards its 6^th straight day of gains.

Better than expected consumer and business confidence news added fuel to local markets, with consumer confidence at its highest level in 7 years.

What to watch today:

• Keep an eye on tech names that have been sold down this week on the back of vaccine hopes. You could expect Afterpay (ASX:APT), Zip (ASX:Z1P), Temple & Webster (ASX:TPW), Appen (ASX:APX) and Altium (ASX:ALU) to rally, given what happened on Wall Street.
• Graincorp (ASX:GNC) and Xero (ASX:XRP) report results today.
• AGMs: Wesfarmers (ASX:WES), Woolworths (ASX:WOW), Nine Entertainment (ASX:NEC), Seven West Media (ASX:SWM) and Estia Health Care (ASX:EHE).

Local trading ideas:

• CleanSpace Holdings (ASX:CSX) was upgraded by Bell Potter from a Hold to a Buy with a $6.75 price target, implying 17% upside. It’s been sold down recently after Pfizer announced vaccine hopes. But Bell Potter remains optimistic about CleanSpace’s growth, as sales so far have been well ahead of its prospectus forecasts.
• Bell Potter upgraded Straker Translations’ (ASX:STG) speculative Buy rating, increasing its target to $2.10, implying 32% upside.
• Nearmap (ASX:NEA), Pointsbet Holdings (ASX:PBH), Appen (ASX:APX) and Barra Resources (ASX:BAR) are all showing bullish charting signals according to Trading Central.