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) lower 0.97% to 6,041.10
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 1.01% to 6,155.50
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,186.75 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$84.42 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT), its share price rose 2.6% with the company starting to purchase shares of Asia Pacific Data Centre Group (ASX: AJD), which went up 0.5%.
Technology darling shares took a heavy hit today. WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) shares fell 5.4%, the Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) share price declined 5.3% and Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) shares went down 2.84%.
Shares of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) fell 0.9% today on global worries and an announcement how it would fix some of its Royal Commission troubles.
Goat milk infant formula business Bubs Australia Ltd (ASX: BUB) shares plunged 11.7% today on no specific company news.
The AVZ Minerals Ltd (ASX: AVZ) share price also fell 6.3% today due to an ASX release regarding a study which disappointed investors.
Finally, Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC) shares declined 2.8% today after increasing its offer for Capio AB.
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