Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Tuesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) higher 0.28% to 6,106.90
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.22% to 6,184.20
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,324.37 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$66.25 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was clearly electronic PCB software company Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) which went up 20.3% in response to its impressive result.
Financials business IOOF Holdings Limited (ASX: IFL) also went up by a pleasing 16.4% as investors reacted to its half-year report.
At the red end of the ASX, Blackmores Limited (ASX: BKL) shares plunged nearly 25% with Chinese sales falling in its half-year result.
The Emeco Holdings Limited (ASX: EHL) share price declined by 24.2% after it reported its own result to the market.
Shares of Coles Group Limited (ASX: COL) ended the day down just over 4% due to its half-year report with petrol volume sales falling considerably at Coles Express.
The Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH) share price dropped more than 8% today after reporting its result to investors.
The share price of Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG) went down 0.1% after announcing an asset sale.
Finally, Citadel Group Ltd (ASX: CGL) shares ended the day down 12.2% after disappointing investors with its half-year growth.
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