ALL ORDINARIES finishes lower Tuesday: 9 shares you missed

The S&P/ASX 200 (Index:^AXJO)(ASX:XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index:^AXAO) (ASX:XAO) finished lower on Tuesday.

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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) higher 0.03% to 6,280.20
  • ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.04% to 6,366.20
  • AUD/USD at US 74 cents
  • Gold at US$1,223.60 an ounce
  • Brent Oil at US$74.69 a barrel

The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Credit Corp Group Limited (ASX: CCP), the debt collector's share price went up 8.5% after reporting its FY18 result.

At the other end of the share market was Regis Resources Limited (ASX: RRL), the miner fell by 10.8% on the back of its update to the market today. Fellow gold miner St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) also dropped 4%.

Technology businesses were also some of the main ones to drop including WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) which plunged 7.9% and Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) fell by 4.5% following the US tech sector down.

The share price of Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE) fell by 0.4% despite revealing an impressive production update for the June 2018 quarter.

Shares of Freelancer Ltd (ASX: FLN) dropped by 12.6% after releasing its result to the market.

The share price of Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG) went up by 1% today after giving the market its June 2018 quarterly production report.

Finally, Bubs Australia Ltd (ASX: BUB) shares fell 0.7% after giving shareholders its quarterly report.

Here are some of today's top stories:

Motley Fool contributor Tristan Harrison owns shares of Altium. The Motley Fool Australia owns shares of Altium and WiseTech Global. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Freelancer Limited. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

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