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The Australian stock market is maintaining its early gains in mid-market trading on Tuesday, snapping a five-session losing streak, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 is moving above the 8,550 level, with gains in mining, financial and technology<\/span> stocks partially offset by weakness in energy stocks amid tumbling crude oil prices.<\/p>\n The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 Index is gaining 81.00 points or 0.96 percent to 8,555.90, after touching a high of 8,574.00 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is up 84.80 points or 0.98 percent to 8,772.80. Australian stocks closed slightly lower on Monday.<\/p>\n Among the major miners, BHP Group is gaining more than 2 percent, Rio Tinto is rising almost 3 percent, Fortescue Metals is advancing more than 3 percent and Mineral Resources is adding almost 2 percent.<\/p>\n Oil stocks are mostly lower. Origin Energy is losing 2.5 percent, Beach energy is sliding 3.5 percent, Woodside Energy is tumbling more than 7 percent and Santos is down more than 1 percent.<\/p>\n Among tech stocks, Afterpay owner Block is up almost 1 percent, Xero is adding more than 1 percent, Zip is surging more than 6 percent, WiseTech Global is gaining almost 4 percent and Appen is jumping almost 8 percent.<\/p>\n Gold miners are mixed. Evolution Mining is gaining almost 2 percent, Resolute Mining is adding almost 1 percent and Gold Road Resources is edging up 0.2 percent, while Northern Star resources and Newmont are edging down 0.4 percent each.<\/p>\n Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank and National Australia Bank are gaining almost 2 percent each, while Westpac is adding almost 3 percent and ANZ Banking is up more than 1 percent.<\/p>\n In other news, shares in Collins Foods are skyrocketing almost 19 percent after the KFC operator reported better-than-expected results for the full-year 2025. However, it cut dividend by 7% due to a decline in profit.<\/p>\n In the currency market, the Aussie dollar is trading at $0.648 on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n