India, June 29 -- The Australian stock market is maintaining its early slight losses in mid-market trading on Tuesday after alternating across the unchanged line, reversing some of the gains in the previous two sessions, despite the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index is falling well below the 8,850 level, with weakness in mining stocks nearly offset by gains in financial and technology stocks.

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index is losing 2.40 points or 0.03 percent to 8,821.00, after touching a high of 8,836.40 and a low of 8,816.50 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is down 4.50 points or 0.05 percent to 9,022.40. Australian stocks closed notably higher on Monday.

Among the major miners,...