Afternoon trading October 3

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

Half-time wrap:

Aussie stocks tracked sideways as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and a China market holiday continued to dampen risk appetite on financial markets.

The ASX 200 reached mid-session barely changed, down two-tenths of a point or less than 0.01%. Gains in property trusts, telcos, tech companies and industrials offset mild down-pressure on gold miners,, energy producers and utilities.

US stocks overcame early pressure to eke out slender gains overnight as equity markets steadied after a Monday wobble triggered by hostilities between Israel, Hezbollah and Iran. The major indices gained less than 0.1%.


Personal trading: Bit of a grind this morning. Scraped some coin from RIM, BRN and PNN, but there wasn't enough movement in any of 'em to add up to much. In and out of ENR for brokerage.