ALL ORDINARIES Index Down, ANZ Shares Drop

August 21, 2018

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Australia’s share market, or the All Ordinaries Index (INDEXASX: XAO)(ASX: XAO), is currently down 0.64% at lunch.

Blue chips are down across the board, with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX: ANZ) shares down 1.4%.

Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG) shares are down 2.1% after the government suggested it could break up the energy giants. AGL Energy Ltd (ASX: AGL) is also down 1.4%.

Private hospital operator Healthscope Ltd (ASX: HSO) is up 0.23% after reporting and announcing it would divest $1 billion of property into an unlisted trust.

The BHP Billiton Limited (ASX: BHP) share price is down 1.3% after giving investors its FY18 report.

Cloud accounting business Class Ltd (ASX: CL1) shares are up 8.6% today after reporting revenue growth, profit growth and market share growth.

The share price of fertility company Virtus Health Ltd (ASX: VRT) is up 1% this morning after reporting that profit grew by more than 9%.

Childcare landlord Arena REIT No 1 (ASX: ARF) shares are flat with the REIT guiding that the distribution will increase by just under 6% in FY19.

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