Australian Market Trims Early Gains In Mid-market

RTTNews | 19 days ago
Australian Market Trims Early Gains In Mid-market

(RTTNews) - The Australian stock market is trimming its early gains in mid-market trading on Tuesday, reversing some of the losses in the previous session, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 is staying below the 8,700 level, with gains in mining and energy stocks nearly offset by weakness in financial and technology stocks.

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index is gaining 2.60 points or 0.03 percent to 8,670.80, after touching a high of 8,714.60 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is up 5.80 points or 0.07 percent to 8,932.00. Australian stocks closed significantly lower on Monday.

Among the major miners, BHP Group, Fortescue Metals and Rio Tinto are gaining almost 3 percent each, while Mineral Resources is adding more than 1 percent.

Oil stocks are mostly higher. Woodside Energy is down more than 1 percent, Beach energy is losing almost 1 percent and Santos is edging down 0.5 percent, while Origin Energy is edging up 0.5 percent.

Among tech stocks, Afterpay owner Block, Zip and Appen are losing more than 2 percent each, while Xero and WiseTech Global are edging up 0.1 to 0.4 percent each.

Gold miners are mostly higher. Gold Road Resources is gaining more than 1 percent, Resolute Mining is advancing almost 4 percent and Newmont is rising almost 3 percent, while Northern Star resources and Evolution Mining are adding almost 2 percent each.

Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank and National Australia Bank are losing almost 2 percent each, while ANZ Banking and Westpac are declining almost 1 percent each.

In economic news, the Reserve Bank of Australia will on Tuesday release the minutes from its July 8 monetary policy meeting. At the meeting, the RBA maintained its benchmark lending rate at 3.85 percent, defying expectations for a quarter-point rate cut. The current rate was the lowest in two years. Previously, the bank had reduced the rate by 25 basis points in May and February.

In the currency market, the Aussie dollar is trading at $0.652 on Tuesday.

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