AU Morning Wrap: ASX Up Amid Miners' Rise; Life360 Launches on Nasdaq

The $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ closed almost flat at 5352.25, while the $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ slipped less than 0.1% to 17173.12. $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$, which fueled the indexes' rally to a record Wednesday, slipped Thursday, as investors awaited the 10-for-1 stock split set to be implemented after close tomorrow. The $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ gained 0.2% to 38886.17.

Iron ore major $Fortescue Ltd (FMG.AU)$ saw a 1.8% rise to $24.49, while $BHP Group Ltd (BHP.AU)$ increased by 1.1% to $44.55.

Among the gold miners, Regis and Bellevue Gold saw significant gains, with $Regis Resources Ltd (RRL.AU)$ up by 3.2% to $1.90 and $Bellevue Gold Ltd (BGL.AU)$ up by 3% to $2.03.

The $AUD/USD (AUDUSD.FX)$ is trading at US66.58¢, an increase of 0.16%.

As of latest data, $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ is priced at $70,753, down by 0.54% in the past 24 hours, while $Ethereum (ETH.CC)$ is priced at $3,812, down by 1.48% in the past 24 hours.

$Life360 Inc (360.AU)$ has launched a secondary listing of shares on the Nasdaq index in the US at $US27 per share. The company's app, which provides location-based services and family safety features, now has more than 66.2 million monthly active users.

US-based international equities manager $GQG Partners Inc (GQG.AU)$ has reported a rise in its total assets from $US142 billion as at April 30 to $US150.1 billion as at May 31.