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The Australian market is maintaining its early losses in mid-market moves on Thursday, reversing the gains in the previous session, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 is falling to 8,800 level, with weakness in financial and technology<\/span> stocks partially offset by gains in mining and energy stocks.<\/p>\n The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 Index is losing 30.40 points or 0.34 percent to 8,800.00, after hitting a low of 8,795.00 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is down 27.70 points or 0.31 percent to 9,067.50. Australian stocks ended modestly higher on Wednesday. <\/p>\n Among major miners, Rio Tinto is edging up 0.1 percent, Fortescue is gaining almost 1 percent and Mineral Resources is advancing 2.5 percent, while BHP Group is edging down 0.1 percent.<\/p>\n Oil stocks are mostly higher. Beach energy is gaining almost 2 percent, Woodside Energy is adding almost 1 percent and Santos is edging up 0.2 percent, while Origin is edging down 0.2 percent.<\/p>\n In the tech space, Afterpay owner Block is losing more than 2 percent, Xero is edging down 0.3 percent, WiseTech Global is slipping almost 1 percent and Appen is declining almost 2 percent, while Zip are adding almost 1 percent.<\/p>\n Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank and Westpac are declining almost 1 percent each, while ANZ Banking is losing more than 1 percent.<\/p>\n Among gold miners, Northern Star Resources is gaining more than 3 percent, Evolution Mining is surging almost 5 percent, Gold Road Resources is up almost 1 percent, Newmont is adding almost 3 percent and Resolute Mining is climbing almost 6 percent.<\/p>\n In economic news, consumer inflation expectations in Australia jumped to 4.7 percent in September 2025 from August’s five-month low of 3.9 percent. July’s monthly CPI surged 2.8 percent on year, the fastest in a year, even as headline inflation in the second quarter slowed to 2.1 percent, its lowest since early 2021. Meanwhile, the trimmed-mean CPI, the RBA’s preferred core gauge, eased to 2.7 percent, also at its weakest since late 2021 but still slightly above the 2 to 3 percent midpoint target.<\/p>\n In the currency market, the Aussie dollar is trading at $0.661 on Thursday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n