ALL ORDINARIES finishes lower Wednesday: 10 shares you missed

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

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Published August 22, 2018 6:54 pm AEST

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) lower 0.29% to 6,266.00
ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.14% to 6,373.80
AUD/USD at US 73 cents
Gold at US$1,194.55 an ounce
Brent Oil at US$73.15 a barrel

The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Altium Limited (ASX: ALU), the electronic PCB software company rose 31.7% today in response to its report yesterday.

Hot on its heels was WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC), the logistics company's share price climbed 27.2% with investors loving what they read in its report.

TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX: TPM) shares climbed 21.6% today after the telco confirmed it was considering merging with Hutchison Telecommunications (Aus) Ltd (ASX: HTA), which rose 51.7%. Telco giant Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) shares also rose by 7.2%.

The Bapcor Ltd (ASX: BAP) share price fell by 4.1% after reporting a solid increase of its profit.

Nearmap Ltd (ASX: NEA) shares rose by 7.3% after reporting its FY18 result to investors.

Sydney Airport Holdings Ltd (ASX: SYD) shares rose 3.6% today after its revenue and distribution flew higher.

Shares of Servcorp Limited (ASX: SRV) dropped 1% after a large fall of profit.

Finally, Adelaide Brighton Ltd. (ASX: ABC) shares dropped 7.1% after reporting.

Here are some of today's top stories:

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