India, Jan. 30 -- The Australian stock market has halved its early gains in mid-market trading on Friday, but extending the gains in the previous two sessions, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 is moving well above the 8,500 level after hitting all-time highs, with gains is mining and technology stocks partially offset by weakness in financial stocks.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index is gaining 32.90 points or 0.39 percent to 8,526.60, after touching an all-time high of 8,566.90 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is up 39.20 points or 0.44 percent to 8,785.10. Australian stocks closed notably higher on Thursday.
Among major miners, BHP Group is adding more than 1 percent, Rio T...