Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished flat on Tuesday.
Here's a quick recap of the Aussie market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) flat
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) flat
- AUD/USD at US 77.87 cents
- Gold at US$1,286 an ounce, up 0.9%
- Oil at US$49.53 a barrel, up 0.5%
Amongst the best-performing shares during Tuesday's session was AMP Limited (ASX: AMP), the wealth management business, which rose 3.5%.
Rounding out the top three large cap shares were Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL) and Cimic Group Ltd (ASX: CIM), which rose 2.75% and 1.86%, respectively. Neither company released any material news to the market but both of them have rallied strongly in 2017.
Further down the market, a2 Milk Company Ltd (Australia) (ASX: A2M) continued its strong performance rising 3%, while Galaxy Resources Ltd (ASX: GXY) ended 4% higher.
Of the worst-performing blue chips, shares of Oil Search Limited (ASX: OSH) and ResMed Inc. (CHESS) (ASX: RMD) ended 1.8% and 1.5% lower, respectively.
Further down the market Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX: MFG) ended 2% lower.
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