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) higher 0.10% to 6,192.30
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.14% to 6,307.80
- AUD/USD at US 73 cents
- Gold at US$1,202.60 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$82.08 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was buy now, pay later provider Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT), its share price went up over 6% today after it was revealed it would now work in the dental industry.
The shares of Nufarm Limited (ASX: NUF) are in a trading halt, but its profit took a heavy hit due to the current drought.
Pharmacy business Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ASX: API) saw its share price fall nearly 10% after a negative broker note was released.
Another business to fall heavily today was Syrah Resources Ltd (ASX: SYR), the company's share price fell 5% after giving a production update.
The gold mining sector glittered today, the biggest raise throughout the large players in the industry came from St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) – it went up 3.6%.
The share price of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) fell 0.9% today with some brokers fearing the Royal Commission could send its share price down as much as 20%.
Finally, along with Afterpay, other growth shares had strong days including Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) rising by 3% and Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) growing by 4.3%.
Here are some of today's top stories:
