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The Australian stock market is extending its early slight gains in mid-market moves on Friday after briefly treading in to the red, snapping a four-session losing streak, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 is moving above the 8,800 level, with gains in financial, mining and technology<\/span> stocks partially offset weakness in energy stocks.<\/p>\n The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 Index is gaining 43.50 points or 0.50 percent to 8,806.000, after hitting a low of 8,748.60 and a high of 8,821.60 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is up 43.10 points or 0.48 percent to 9,004.40. Australian stocks closed modestly lower on Thursday.<\/p>\n Among major miners, Rio Tinto is advancing more than 2 percent, Fortescue is adding almost 1 percent and BHP Group is gaining more than 1 percent, while Mineral Resources is edging down 0.2 percent.<\/p>\n Oil stocks are mostly lower. Beach energy is losing almost 1 percent, while Origin Energy, Woodside Energy and Santos are declining more than 1 percent each.<\/p>\n Among tech stocks, Afterpay and Square-owner Block and Xero are edging up 0.3 percent each, while Zip and Appen are gaining almost 1 percent each. WiseTech Global is edging down 0.5 percent.<\/p>\n Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ Banking and National Australia Bank are edging up 0.1 to 0.2 percent each.<\/p>\n Gold miners are mostly higher. Northern Star Resources, Genesis Minerals and Newmont are gaining more than 1 percent each, while Evolution Mining is adding almost 3 percent and Resolute Mining is advancing more than 3 percent.<\/p>\n In other news, shares in Bravura Solutions are soaring more than 14 percent after it upgraded its 2026 fiscal year earnings guidance.<\/p>\n Shares in uranium miner Boss Energy are surging more than 5 percent on reports that the Australian Government could sign an agreement with India this week that delivers on a nuclear co-operation plan between the two countries. Australia would end up exporting uranium directly to India.<\/p>\n In the currency market, the Aussie dollar is trading at $0.696 on Friday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n