Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Tuesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) down 3.20% to 5,833.30
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) down 3.23% to 5,930.20
- AUD/USD at US 78.4 cents
- Gold at US$1,342.67 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$66.89 a barrel
The ASX indices have plunged further into the red, with both the ASX 200 and All Ords dropping below 6,000.
Regis Resources Limited (ASX: RRL) was the only ASX 200 share to register a gain today according to the ASX, it went up by 0.25%.
The other 199 ASX200 shares went down or didn't change in price today.
Fund manager Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX: MFG) revealed its half-year result today which showed impressive underlying growth, but that didn't save it as the share price fell by 6.35%.
Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) gave the market a profit guidance update today of around 10% growth for the financial year, but the share price still fell by 5.3%.
Other large declines belonged to stock WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) which fell by 10.73%, Lynas Corporation Ltd (ASX: LYC) fell by 8.77%, Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT) fell by 8.46%, Monadelphous Group Limited (ASX: MND) declined by 7.54% and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) dropped by 6.98%.
There is a huge list of other shares I could list that fell by more than 5%, but I'll finish by pointing out that natural beauty company BWX Limited (ASX: BWX) plunged by 6.59% today.
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