Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Wednesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) up 0.17% to 5,761.40
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) up 0.08% to 5,863.70
- AUD/USD at US 77 cents
- Gold at US$1,334.43 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$67.87 a barrel
The best gains in the ASX200 today came from the infant formula companies, Bellamy's Australia Ltd (ASX: BAL) rose by 7.12% and a2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M) went up by 5.09%.
Blue Sky Alternative Investments Ltd (ASX: BLA) returned to trading today and finished the day down 18.56% after responding to the Glaucus short report.
It was further bad news for Retail Food Group Limited (ASX: RFG) shareholders with the share price dropping by nearly 10%.
The G8 Education Ltd (ASX: GEM) share price went down 4.23% after two pieces of bad news, one of which was a downgrade from a broker.
Several miners had a strong day today after it was revealed some miners could get a cash injection. Sandfire Resources NL (ASX: SFR) was one of the biggest gainers, it went up by 4.25%.
CSR Limited (ASX: CSR) went up by 3.13% today after revealing a positive update yesterday and receiving a broker upgrade.
Finally, lithium miners continue to be volatile with Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE) going down by 3.32%.
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