Thanks @shovel40 and morning crew.Half-time round-up: "ASX...

Thanks @shovel40 and morning crew.

Half-time round-up: "ASX Update: Shares track US futures as Dems lead"

In this report:

• Democrats take early lead in Georgia runoffs
• US futures retreat
• Energy stocks outperform
• Nanosonics under pump

Personal trading: Some days you're the winning bidder, others you're the outbidded. Couldn't take a trick this morning. Any time a share price got close to my bid, it rebounded. Doesn't help that CommSec turned off my access to Chi-X again. Spoke to them about it yesterday - still nothing. Grrr...