ALL ORDINARIES finishes lower Wednesday: 8 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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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 1.74% to 5,732.80
  • ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 1.69% to 5,822.30
  • AUD/USD at US 72 cents
  • Gold at US$1,201.15 an ounce
  • Brent Oil at US$65.10 a barrel

The best-performing ASX 200 share today was UK bank CYBG Plc (ASX: CYB) it rose 3.4% on news of a breakthrough on Brexit talks.

Another share on the up was Corporate Travel Management Ltd (ASX: CTD), it rose 3% after the company announced that Mr Pherous had purchased another $1.56 million of shares.

At the opposite end of the ASX 200 was retirement village operator Aveo Group (ASX: AOG) which fell 9.8% after holding its AGM.

The share price of Pact Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: PGH) fell 9.7% after issuing a profit downgrade.

The Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC) share price went down 0.1% after also holding its AGM today.

DuluxGroup Limited (ASX: DLX) shares went down 0.14% today after reporting another year of profit growth.

The share price of Carsales.Com Ltd (ASX: CAR) went down 0.4% with Facebook launching its auto advertising service in Australia.

Finally, the share price of Woodside Petroleum Limited (ASX: WPL) fell 2.5% due to the oil price tanked again today.

Here are some of today's top stories:

Motley Fool contributor Tristan Harrison owns shares of Ramsay Health Care Limited. The Motley Fool Australia owns shares of and has recommended Corporate Travel Management Limited. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended carsales.com Limited and Ramsay Health Care Limited. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

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