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The Australian stock market is maintaining its slight losses in mid-market moves on Wednesday, snapping a five-session winning streak, with the benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 staying well below the 8,300 level, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight, with a mixed performance across most sectors. Traders are also booking some profits following the recent upside in the markets<\/span>.<\/p>\n The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 Index is losing 8.70 points or 0.11 percent to 8,260.30, after hitting a low of 8,247.00 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is down 4.70 points or 0.06 percent to 8,506.00. Australian stocks ended modestly higher on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Among major miners, BHP Group is losing almost 1 percent, Rio Tinto is edging down 0.2 percent, while Mineral Resources is gaining more than 1 percent and Fortescue metals is adding almost 1 percent.<\/p>\n Oil stocks are mostly higher. Woodside Energy is adding more than 3 percent, Santos is edging up 0.3 percent and Beach energy is gaining almost 1 percent, while Origin Energy is losing almost 2 percent.<\/p>\n In the tech space, Afterpay owner Block is surging more than 6 percent, Zip is advancing almost 6 percent and Appen is adding more than 4 percent, while WiseTech Global and Xero are gaining more than 1 percent each.<\/p>\n Among the big four banks, National Australia bank and Commonwealth Bank are gaining almost 1 percent each, while Westpac is losing almost 1 percent and ANZ Banking is edging up 0.1 percent.<\/p>\n Among gold miners, Evolution Mining is gaining almost 1 percent, Gold Road Resources is up almost 2 percent and Resolute Mining is adding more than 2 percent, while Newmont is declining almost 2 percent and Northern Star Resources is losing more than 1 percent.<\/p>\n In other news, shares in Aristocrat Leisure are tumbling almost 13 percent after the gaming technology<\/span> company reported downbeat half-year results.<\/p>\n Shares in Insignia Financial are plunging almost 15 percent after the Bain Capital pulled out from takeover talks amid volatility in global capital markets.<\/p>\n In the currency market, the Aussie dollar is trading at $0.648 on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n