End-of-day summary:
The share market wrapped up a losing quarter with a modest rebound this session, mirroring an overnight relief rally on Wall Street.
Lithium, gold and nickel miners spearheaded gains as the ASX 200 bounced 24 points or 0.34%. The recovery trimmed the index's loss for the week to 20 points or almost 0.3%. For the month, the index lost 3.5% and for the quarter 2.1%.
Lithium miners Core Lithium and Sayona Mining were the day's best performers. Whitehaven Coal and Waypoint REIT were the worst. South32 and Macquarie Group were the pick of the heavyweights.
US stocks climbed off two-month lows overnight, rising from what some commentators called "oversold" conditions after two weeks of sharp losses. Reversals in oil, bond yields and the US dollar reduced some of the pressure on share prices. S&P 500 futures were ahead 0.1% when the Australian share market closed.
It's a long weekend in much of the country and the Weekend Lounge bar staff have all buggered off to get ready for the footy, leaving the bar unattended. Help yourself to drinks. Honesty system. Leave some for me.
