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The Australian market is turning its early losses to slight gains in mid-market moves on Thursday after opening in the red, extending the slight gains in the previous session, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 is staying just below the 8,200 level, with gains in gold miners and technology<\/span> stocks partially offset by weakness in financial stocks.<\/p>\n The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 Index is gaining 12.20 points or 0.15 percent to 8,190.50, after hitting a low of 8,154.80 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is up 20.80 points or 0.25 percent to 8,420.60. Australian stocks ended modestly higher on Wednesday. <\/p>\n Among major miners, Rio Tinto is gaining almost 1 percent, while BHP Group is edging down 0.1 percent and Fortescue Metals is losing almost 1 percent. Mineral Resources is flat.<\/p>\n Oil stocks are mixed. Santos is edging down 0.3 percent and Woodside Energy is losing almost 1 percent, while Origin Energy is gaining more than 1 percent and Beach energy is edging up 0.4 percent.<\/p>\n In the tech space, Afterpay owner Block and WiseTech Global are gaining almost 3 percent each, while Appen and Zip are adding almost 2 percent each. Xero is up almost 1 percent.<\/p>\n Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank is down almost 1 percent, Westpac is declining 4.5 percent and ANZ Banking is losing more than 3 percent, while National Australia Bank is gaining more than 1 percent.<\/p>\n Among gold miners, Northern Star Resources is adding almost 3 percent, Gold Road Resources is edging up 0.5 percent, Newmont is up almost 2 percent, Evolution Mining is gaining more than 3 percent and Resolute Mining is surging more than 4 percent.<\/p>\n In the currency market, the Aussie dollar is trading at $0.646 on Thursday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n