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The Australian market is trimming its early losses in mid-market moves on Thursday, but adding to the losses in the previous four sessions, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 is staying well below the 8,650 level, with weakness in gold miners, financial and technology<\/span> stocks.<\/p>\n The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 Index is losing 16.80 points or 0.20 percent to 8,613.60, after hitting a low of 8,602.90 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is down 23.30 points or 0.26 percent to 8,857.40. Australian stocks ended notably lower on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Among major miners, Rio Tinto and Fortescue are adding almost 1 percent each, while BHP Group is gaining almost 2 percent. Mineral Resources is losing almost 1 percent.<\/p>\n Oil stocks are mixed. Beach energy and Woodside Energy are losing almost 1 percent each, while Santos and Origin Energy are edging up 0.1 to 0.5 percent each.<\/p>\n In the tech space, Afterpay owner Block is declining more than 3 percent, WiseTech Global is losing more than 4 percent, Xero is slipping almost 1 percent and Zip is edging down 0.2 percent. Appen is flat.<\/p>\n Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank is edging down 0.2 percent, Westpac is losing more than 1 percent, ANZ Banking is down almost 1 percent and National Australia Bank is declining almost 2 percent.<\/p>\n Among gold miners, Evolution Mining and Northern Star Resources are losing almost 1 percent each, while Newmont is down more than 1 percent and Genesis Minerals is slipping 1.5 percent. Resolute Mining is gaining more than 1 percent.<\/p>\n In other news, shares in Megaport are skyrocketing almost 23 percent after it secured $254 million worth of long-term network and storage contracts through its newly minted Latitude.sh subsidiary and reaffirmed its full-year 2026 guidance. <\/p>\n Shares in Bapcor are tumbling more than 18 percent after the listed car parts retailer downgraded its full-year 2026 EBITDA guidance, due to deteriorating trading conditions since the start of the Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n Shares in GrainCorp are plunging almost 12 percent after the agribusiness company reported softer-than-expected first-half results as oversupply in global grain markets<\/span> and weak pricing compressed margins across the supply chain.<\/p>\n In the currency market, the Aussie dollar is trading at $0.725 on Thursday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n