Australia’s share market, or the All Ordinaries Index (INDEXASX: XAO)(ASX: XAO), is currently up 0.38% at lunch.
The CSL Limited (ASX: CSL) share price is up by 1.65% so far, making it the top-performing share in the ASX20.
Another share on the rise is Santos Ltd (ASX: STO), the oil company has risen 1.65% on the back of the PNG LNG agreement with PetroChina, which Santos has a stake in.
The Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) share price has risen another 14.56% by lunch after yesterday’s June 2018 update. Since the start of yesterday it has gone up by 42.5%.
Shares of cloud account software provider Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) are up 1.52% after announcing a US payroll deal, however it will book a NZ$16.2 million write-down of development costs for its in-house payroll.
The business to be showing the largest decline in the ASX 200 so far is construction material company CSR Limited (ASX: CSR), it’s down by 5.68%.