Thanks @shovel40, @Fiji1 and morning crew.
Half-time wrap:
The share market's losing run extended into a fourth session as weak overnight leads from commodity markets and Wall Street weighed.
At the halfway mark, the ASX 200 was down 28 points or 0.38% and on track for its lowest close in two weeks. Market sentiment has soured this week following more evidence of a China slowdown and as sticky inflationary pressures threaten to force more rate hikes in the US.
Resource stocks led the retreat this morning following declines in iron ore, industrial metals and crude oil following contractions in Chinese exports and imports last month. Consumer and tech stocks were next worst. Utilities and healthcare resisted the sinking tide.
Wall Street's main indices finished mixed overnight as the labour market continued to defy the Federal Reserve's attempts to cool the economy. The S&P 500 dropped 0.32%, while the Down ticked up 0.17%Personal trading: Got out of jail in ARU from yesterday thanks to the smallest of upticks to 26.5c. Took OBL on the retest of last week's closing low. Also had one of those excruciating moments when you try to buy the Ask at the same time as someone else, only a fraction of a second later - they get the goods and you get peanuts. I'm the proud owner of 175 shares in GHY.
