ALL ORDINARIES Index Up, BHP Shares Rise

Australia’s share market, or the All Ordinaries Index (INDEXASX: XAO)(ASX: XAO), is currently down 0.05% at lunch.
Lunch ASX update

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Australia’s share market, or the All Ordinaries Index (INDEXASX: XAO)(ASX: XAO), is currently down 0.05% at lunch.

The main contributor to the index’s rise has been BHP Billiton Limited (ASX: BHP), it’s currently up by 1.72% thanks to commodity prices. The top gainer in the ASX 200 is Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT), it’s up by 3.35%, another energy company to be up is Santos Ltd (ASX: STO) which is currently showing a gain of 2.17%.

Cann Group Ltd (ASX: CAN) is up nearly 10% after securing a 37,000m2 site at Melbourne Airport, with the total business investment case estimated at around $100 million.

The CSR Limited (ASX: CSR) share price is currently down 0.3% after the Chairman and the Managing Director gave a speech at the Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Healthcare business Nanosonics Ltd. (ASX: NAN) is currently up 0.6% after announcing that it has received clearance from the EU for its trophon2 device which it expects to start selling in the first quarter of FY19.

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