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The Australian stock market is extending its early losses in mid-market moves on Friday, adding to the slight losses in the previous session, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 is falling below the 9,100 level, with weakness in mining, financial and technology<\/span> stocks partially offset by gains in energy stocks.<\/p>\n The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 Index is losing 60.50 points or 0.66 percent to 9,086.30, after hitting a low of 9,057.30 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is down 64.10 points or 0.69 percent to 9,210.10. Australian stocks closed slightly lower on Thursday.<\/p>\n Among major miners, Mineral Resources is declining more than 1 percent, while Fortescue, BHP Group and Rio Tinto are losing almost 1 percent each.<\/p>\n Oil stocks are mostly higher. Woodside Energy, Santos and Beach energy are gaining almost 1 percent each, while Origin Energy is adding more than 1 percent.<\/p>\n Among tech stocks, Afterpay and Square-owner Block is declining almost 4 percent, Zip is sliding more than 1 percent, Appen is declining more than 2 percent and WiseTech Global is down almost 1 percent, while Xero is gaining almost 1 percent after announcing a $1 billion share buyback.<\/p>\n Among the big four banks, National Australia Bank and ANZ Banking are losing almost 1 percent each, while Commonwealth Bank and Westpac are declining more than 1 percent each.<\/p>\n Gold miners are weak. Northern Star Resources is losing more than 2 percent, Genesis Minerals is tumbling more than 5 percent, Newmont is slipping almost 3 percent, Evolution Mining is declining almost 2 percent and Resolute Mining is sliding almost 4 percent.<\/p>\n In the currency market, the Aussie dollar is trading at $0.681 on Friday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n