Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Monday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) down 0.52% to 5,790.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) down 0.47% to 5,901.40
- AUD/USD at US 77 cents
- Gold at US$1,338.30 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$70.30 a barrel
The best result in the ASX200 today came from the gold miners again today as the ASX followed the US share market down from last week. The Resolute Mining Limited (ASX: RSG) share price went up by 2.76%. Its peers also had good days with Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) going up by 2.65% and Regis Resources Limited (ASX: RRL) grew by 1.98%. Trade war worries are clearly affecting the market.
Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (ASX: DMP) finished the day up 1.82% after announced its workers would stay on the fast food industry award.
The Cimic Group Ltd (ASX: CIM) share price declined by 1.1% even though it announced another contract win today.
Financial company AMP Limited (ASX: AMP) announced that its CEO would retire at the end of the year, the share price declined by 2.87% in response to the news.
The Gentrack Group Ltd (ASX: GTK) share price finished the day up 5.25% today after announcing a new contract with E.ON.
Finally, the Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) share price is down by 6.03% as brokers argue about how risky the business is.
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