After three days of retreat, the Australian sharemarket found its footing on Thursday as geopolitical anxieties briefly loosened their grip — a moment less of triumph than of collective exhale. The ASX 200 climbed modestly to 9021, carried by miners and banks, as Wall Street's own tentative recovery and softer signals from the Federal Reserve reminded investors that markets, like crises, are rarely permanent. Oil's sharp surge toward $100 a barrel had concentrated minds on inflation's return; its partial retreat to $95 offered a pause, if not a resolution. The deeper question — whether the cal