Thanks @shovel40, @Fiji1 and morning crew.Half-time wrap:Aussie...

Thanks @shovel40, @Fiji1 and morning crew.

Half-time wrap:

Aussie shares rallied for the first time in five sessions as gains for property stocks and the heavily-weighted banks and miners outweighed declines in tech and industrial companies.

The ASX 200 bounced 0.59% off yesterday's three-month closing low. Miners Newcrest and Fortescue Metals and Westpac Bank were the pick of the heavyweights. I.T. stocks were the biggest drag, mirroring a similar move in the US overnight.

The Nasdaq dropped 1.16% as uncertainty over events in Russia gave investors another reason to lock in profits in some of this year's best-performing companies. The broader S&P 500 eased 0.46%.

Personal trading: Busy morning. Scalped MHK twice from the lows. Took AXE too early on day 4 of the retrace and had to double down to get out with a skinny profit. Also traded the brief bounce in NUF off last year's September low.