Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Monday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.99% to 5,837.10
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.98% to 5,948.00
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,219.50 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$81.20 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was remote data business Speedcast International Ltd (ASX: SDA), its share price rose by 3.7%.
Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES) saw its share price fall 0.3% today despite revealing an impressive set of numbers for the first quarter of FY19 for Coles.
Technology businesses suffered another beating today with Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) suffering the most – it fell 6.6%. Another to fall was the Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) share price which dropped 3.3%.
Negative sentiment around the property market is now hurting property-related businesses. Domain Holdings Australia Limited (ASX: DHG) shares fell 4.7% today and REA Group Limited (ASX: REA) dropped 4.2%.
Another property-linked company to fall was construction materials business CSR Limited (ASX: CSR), it declined 4.1%.
Finally, natural beauty business BWX Limited (ASX: BWX) continued its decline and fell 4.5% today to $3.20.
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