investment bank sterne agee thinks met-life could get $200 million. shares were up more than 3% on stronger volume. this is met-life's highest share price of the month. we saw a big late-day relief rally in shares of visa and mastercard. as we mentioned earlier, the federal reserve proposed allowing banks charge 21 cents to retailers to accept debit cards. that was higher than first proposed, helping spark this rally. both mastercard and visa are at 52-week highs. material stocks also helped push up the broad market. agribusiness giant monsanto was among the biggest gainers, up 5%. nice rally here. the stock has been in a range of about $63 to $73 all year. today's buying came after monsanto easily beat estimates in its latest quarter. seed and weed killer sales were up. the company also boosted its forecast. steel stocks were also hot. u.s. steel and a.k. steel were upgraded to buy at deutsche bank. the analyst thinks steel pricing will strengthen. both stocks were up more than 5%. allegheny tech also benefited from the bullish sentiment, gaining mor