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 0.24% to 5,829.00
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.31% to 5,926.50
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,224.40 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$76.75 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was gold miner Regis Resources Limited (ASX: RRL), it rose by 5.5%. Indeed, it was a strong day for gold mining peer Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited (ASX: SAR) too – it went up 5%.
After coming out of a trading halt for its massive acquisition, engineering business Worleyparsons Limited (ASX: WOR) fell 11.4%.
Organic infant formula business Bellamy's Australia Ltd (ASX: BAL) fell 6% today after giving investors an update about the progress in the first half of FY19.
Shares of retailer Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX: SUL) crashed almost 11% today after announcing a change to the CEO and also giving a trading update.
The share price of funeral operator InvoCare Limited (ASX: IVC) rose 4.1% today after its competitor gave a trading update. The Propel Funeral Partners Ltd (ASX: PFP) share price fell 0.8% despite revealing a record quarter.
Finally, property giant Stockland Corporation Ltd (ASX: SGP) fell 2.3% after giving shareholders its first quarter update.
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