{"id":74763,"date":"2026-06-18T03:23:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/06\/18\/australian-market-extends-early-losses-in-mid-market-57\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T03:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:23:05","slug":"australian-market-extends-early-losses-in-mid-market-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/06\/18\/australian-market-extends-early-losses-in-mid-market-57\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Market Extends Early Losses In Mid-market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> The Australian market is extending its early losses in mid-market moves on Thursday, snapping a four-session winning streak, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&amp;P\/ASX 200 is falling well below the 8,950 level, with weakness mining stocks partially offset by gains in energy and financial stocks.<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark S&amp;P\/ASX 200 Index is losing 49.10 points or 0.55 percent to 8,917.20, after hitting a low of 8,915.80 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is down 51.90 points or 0.57 percent to 9,134.00. Australian stocks ended notably higher on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Among major miners, Rio Tinto, Fortescue and Mineral Resources are declining more than 1 percent each, while BHP Group is losing almost 1 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Oil stocks are mostly higher. Beach energy is adding more than 1 percent, Woodside Energy is gaining almost 1 percent and Origin Energy is edging up 0.2 percent, while Santos is edging down 0.4 percent.<\/p>\n<p>In the tech space, Afterpay owner Block and WiseTech Global are flat, while Zip and Appen are gaining more than 2 percent each. Xero is down more than 1 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Among the big four banks, National Australia Bank is edging up 0.5 percent and ANZ Banking is adding more than 1 percent each, while Commonwealth Bank and Westpac are gaining almost 1 percent each.<\/p>\n<p>Among gold miners, Evolution Mining and Resolute Mining are losing almost 3 percent each, while Northern Star Resources is declining more than 2 percent, Newmont is down almost 1 percent and Genesis Minerals is slipping almost 2 percent.<\/p>\n<p>In the currency market, the Aussie dollar is trading at $0.703 on Thursday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Australian Market Extends Early Losses In Mid-market<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-06-18 03:23:05<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian market is extending its early losses in mid-market moves on Thursday, snapping a four-session winning streak, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight. 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