Thanks @shovel40, @mirren, @Fiji1 and morning crew.
The ASX 200 is on track for a third straight weekly advance for the first time since January. The index was up 0.33% for the session at the halfway mark.
Gold miners set the pace, occupying the top five slots on the index. An improvement in risk appetite was underlined by gains of 1.1% for the XEC spec index and 0.76% for the Small Ords. Property and energy stocks dragged.
US futures were muted ahead of the unofficial start of a new quarterly reporting season tonight. S&P 500 futures were off 0.05%.Personal trading: Took SPQ below 4c on the 3-day rule. Spent the rest of the morning waiting for pullbacks. Got back into BEZ in the last ten minutes.
