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The Australian stock market is maintaining its early losses in mid-market trading on Monday, extending the losses in the previous three sessions, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street on Friday. The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 index is falling below the 9,100.00 level, with weakness is financial and technology<\/span> stocks partially offset by gains in energy and mining stocks.<\/p>\n The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 Index is losing 32.70 points or 0.36 percent to 9,082.50, after hitting a low of 9,077.10 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is down 25.30 points or 0.27 percent to 9,287.90. Australian stocks closed significantly lower on Friday. <\/p>\n Among the major miners, Mineral Resources and Rio Tinto are edging up 0.3 percent each, while BHP Group is gaining almost 1 percent. Fortescue is flat.<\/p>\n Oil stocks are mostly higher. Beach energy is gaining almost 1 percent, while Woodside Energy and Santos are edging up 0.3 to 0.4 percent each. Origin Energy is losing more than 1 percent.<\/p>\n Among tech stocks, Afterpay owner Block losing almost 1 percent, WiseTech Global is declining more than 3 percent, Zip is slipping more than 2 percent, Xero is down more than 1 percent and Appen is edging down 0.3 percent.<\/p>\n Gold miners are mostly higher. Resolute Mining is adding more than 2 percent and Newmont is advancing more than 3 percent, while Northern Star Resources Genesis Minerals and Evolution Mining are gaining almost 2 percent each.<\/p>\n Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank is edging down 0.1 percent, Westpac is losing almost 1 percent, ANZ Banking is down almost 2 percent and National Australia Bank is declining more than 4 percent.<\/p>\n In other news, shares in Iress are tumbling more than 9 percent despite lifting net profit in the first half of 2026 from a year ago.<\/p>\n Shares in Audinate are surging more than 12 percent after it slipped to a underlying loss before tax for the full year, compared to a profit a year ago.<\/p>\n Shares in Aurizon are plunging almost 11 percent as the company reported underlying earnings that was in line with analysts’ expectations.<\/p>\n Shares in L1 Group are surging more than 10 percent after full year underlying net profit nearly doubled from last year.<\/p>\n Shares in JB Hi-Fi are diving almost 14 per cent after reporting results that fell short of market expectations as shoppers pulled back spending in the final quarter. <\/p>\n In the currency market, the Aussie dollar is trading at $0.709 on Monday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n