Australia’s share market, or the All Ordinaries Index (INDEXASX: XAO)(ASX: XAO), is currently up 0.56% at lunch.
The Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) share price is down 0.87% with it unveiling additional provisions and costs due to the Royal Commission. It’s one of the few blue chips to be in the red today.
Shares of Cimic Group Ltd (ASX: CIM) are up nearly 1% after getting $400 million from the Victorian Metro Tunnel project.
The oil price continues to rise and this has boosted the Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT) share price by 3%.
The biggest gain the ASX 200 is healthcare business Nanosonics Ltd (ASX: NAN), its share price is up 5.7%.
Robotic bricklaying business FBR Ltd (ASX: FBR) shares are up 6% today after the company announced it had finished its first Hadrian X.
At the negative end of the ASX is dairy business A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M), its share price is down by 3.2% at lunch.
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