Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Wednesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) down 0.51% to 6,023.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) down 0.51% to 6,133.10
- AUD/USD at US 76 cents
- Gold at US$1,301.70 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$75.36 a barrel
The best-performing ASX200 share today was APA Group (ASX: APA), the pipe infrastructure business went up 21% after receiving a $13 billion bid.
Another share to grow strongly today was Gateway Lifestyle Group (ASX: GTY), it went up by 15% after receiving a takeover offer.
Infant formula company Bellamy's Australia Ltd (ASX: BAL) finished the day down 6.6% and A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M) dropped by 3.3% on no company-specific news.
The Kogan.Com Ltd (ASX: KGN) share price fell by nearly 7% after the CEO finally offloaded some of his shares.
Hub24 Ltd (ASX: HUB) shares went up 1.3% today after it won another important contract.
Annuity business Challenger Ltd (ASX: CGF) finished the day down 1.3% after giving investors a presentation and announcing it would be launching active fixed income ETFs.
Finally, WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) gave up some of its gains after announcing its Canadian acquisition last week, it went down 4.8% today.
Here are some of today's top stories:
- We're Hiring!
- My favourite investment video
- Shares make better investments than property as Sydney's house price falls continue
- Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) share price up 3% after pledging to cut 9% of workforce
