By Oliver Gray
Investing.com - The S&P/ASX 200 was little changed at 7,459.9 after the first 80 minutes of Tuesday's trade, following slight gains of 0.1% in the previous session and tracking U.S. equities higher overnight as investors continued their rotation into technology stocks.
ASX 200 Futures were pointing 0.3% lower.
Among stocks, Block Inc (ASX:SQ2) added 6.4%, Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) lifted 3.5% and Brainchip Holdings Ltd (ASX:BRN) gained 1.5%.
Real estate also gained 1.2% as Goodman Group (ASX:GMG) added 2.5%, Mirvac Group (ASX:MGR) lifted 1.1%, Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) gained 2% and Stockland Corporation Ltd (ASX:SGP) added 0.4%,
On the data front, Manufacturing and Services PMIs came in at 49.8 and 48.3 respectively, while investors await upcoming NAB business confidence data.
On the bond markets, Australia 10-Year rates were at 6-week lows of 3.48%, while United States 10-Year rates were at 3.512%.
In New Zealand, the NZX 50 was up 0.3% to 11,978.2.