The Australian sharemarket retreat from a record

The Australian sharemarket retreat from a record close on Monday at the open as global markets as investors took stock of a flurry of earnings results headlined by CSL and BHP.
The S&P/ASX 200 index was down 59 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 8900.30 at 10.18am AEST , with healthcare pacing falls in six of the 11 sectors.
Healthcare was down 4,4 per cent as CSL plunged 7.9 per cent after it said it would cut 3000 staff globally, or around 15 per cent of its workforce, as revenue came in below expectations.
Energy also dragged the bourse down as Woodside fell 0.6 per cent after it posted a 24 per cent drop in first-half core profit to $US1.247 billion as lower prices and other adjustments more than offset a jump in production. Santos dived 3.1 per cent as it said a binding agreement with its Abu Dhabi suitors was unlikely to happen before the deadline.
Materials were flat as BHP rose 0.7 per cent as it slashed spending on new mines and increased its willingness to carry debt after a 26 per cent earnings slide forced the miner to cut dividends to the smallest in eight years. Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals were both down by about 0.5 per cent.

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