Australia’s share market, or the All Ordinaries Index (INDEXASX: XAO)(ASX: XAO), is currently up 0.75% at lunch.
The CSL Limited
(ASX: CSL) share price is the biggest contributor to the index’s rise, the CSL share price is currently up by 2.6% with international shares experiencing a rise overnight.
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Retail conglomerate company Premier Investments Limited (ASX: PMV) has seen its share price fall 1% in response to the half year result, investors may have been disappointed by the slowdown of Smiggle growth.
The Suncorp Group Ltd (ASX: SUN) share price is up 1.7% with the insurance business announcing a special dividend for shareholders.
SEEK Limited (ASX: SEK) shares are up 0.4% with the online employment classifieds business a potential beneficiary from Australia’s unemployment rate improving to 4.9%.
Gold miner shares have taken a tumble in response to St Barbara Ltd’s (ASX: SBM) update which sent its share price down 31%. Other miners like Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited (ASX: SAR) and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) are down more than 3%.
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