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ALL ORDINARIES Index Down, Westpac (ASX:WBC) Shares Fall

Australia’s share market, or the All Ordinaries Index (INDEXASX:XAO)(ASX:XAO), is currently down 1.7% at lunch.
Lunch ASX update

Australia’s share market, or the All Ordinaries Index (INDEXASX: XAO)(ASX: XAO), is currently down 1.7% at lunch.

The Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) share price is down 5.6% after going ex dividend and also due to the market drop.

Shares of Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT) are down 2.5% despite announcing an agreement with Superloop Limited (ASX: SLC), which is up almost 2%.

The share price of livestock business Ruralco Holdings Ltd (ASX: RHL) is up 3.8% with it reporting its profit grew 12% in FY18 thanks to a rise of 5% of revenue to $1.9 billion.

Shares of hearing device business Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH) are down 3.1% despite revealing it has made a €13 million investment into a sleep apnea medical device treatment business.

The share prices of Australia’s technology businesses have fallen alongside the overall drop of the ASX, following on from the US market, with Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) down 6.4%, WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) down 5.6% and Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) down 4.6%.

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