Afternoon trading July 9

Thanks @shovel40, @Fiji1, @uncleBuck, @JohnI and morning crew.

Half-time wrap:

Stocks slid to their lowest in more than a week during a difficult session for gold and uranium miners.

The ASX 200 reached mid-session 24 points or 0.27% in the red after skidding almost 60 points in the first half hour of trade.

The gold sub-sector slumped 5.78%, mirroring a similar sell-off overnight in the US as strength in the greenback and US treasury yields dampened appetite for alternative stores of wealth. Miners Paladin Energy, Deep Yellow and Boss Energy all shed at least 7% as a rally in uranium continued to lose momentum.

Wall Street offered little direction as trade tariff uncertainty discouraged buyers. The S&P 500 dipped less than 0.1% last night, a day after its heaviest fall in three weeks.


Personal trading: Clipped tickets in EVR, ESR, 4DS and CDE.