The Australian share market has opened flat despite gains on Wall Street overnight.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.2 points, or 0.03 per cent, to 6,708.0 points at 1030 AEST on Thursday, while the broader All Ordinaries was up 0.6 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 6,815.3 points.
Tech shares led what gains there were with a 0.81 per cent rise in the first half hour of trade, but the healthcare sector moved 0.51 per cent in the opposite direction as pharma giant CSL fell 0.55 per cent and Cochlear slipped 1.11 per cent.
Appen was up 1.56 per cent, Wisetech Global rose 1.75 per cent and Altium added 1.20 per cent following a strong performance overnight by the tech-heavy Nasdaq on Wall St.
Mining giant BHP was up 0.79 per cent to $36.82, Rio Tinto was up 0.44 per cent to $91.41, and Fortescue Metals was up 1.75 per cent to $8.72.
The big four banks were mixed, with ANZ down 0.04 per cent to $28.39, Commonwealth up 0.22 per cent to $81.76, NAB down 0.12 per cent to $29.885, and Westpac up 0.08 per cent to $29.915.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank was flat, Bank of Queensland was up 0.31 per cent, and Macquarie Group was up 0.32 per cent.
Marley Spoon was up 6.67 per cent after the meal kit provider announced a new $8 million funding deal with Woolworths and Union Square Ventures.
Fonterra was down 0.66 per cent after the New Zealand dairy giant posted a full-year net loss.
On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 0.61 per cent, the S&P 500 was up 0.62 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 1.05 per cent, apparently on the back of comments by US President Donald Trump raising the prospect of a resolution of the trade war with China.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its job vacancies numbers for the August quarter at 1130 AEST on Thursday.
The Aussie dollar is buying 67.55 US cents from 67.80 US cents on Wednesday.
AAP
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