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 0.38% to 5,671.80
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.47% to 5,759.20
- AUD/USD at US 73 cents
- Gold at US$1,224.55 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$66.46 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was gold miner Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited (ASX: SAR), it went up 3.2%. Fellow gold miner St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) also went up 1.9%.
It was a horrific day for the tech industry with the Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) share price falling by 9.4% and Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) shares dropped by 5.4%.
The Fletcher Building Limited (ASX: FBU) share price declined 10.8% after warning investors that the housing market was beginning to hurt its short-term future.
Shares of healthcare business Paragon Care Ltd (ASX: PGC) fell 0.7% today after giving a trading update for FY19 at its AGM.
The share price of leisure business Ardent Leisure Group (ASX: AAD) fell 1% despite providing a positive trading update.
The ALS Ltd (ASX: ALQ) share price finished flat after reporting a 30% increase in underlying net profit.
Technology One Limited (ASX: TNE) shares fell 1.9% despite revealing that revenue grew 15% and its earnings per share (EPS) grew 14% in its full year earnings.
Finally, the share price of A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M) dropped 1.2% today after revealing a strong start to its 2019 financial year in a trading update.
Here are some of today's top stories:
- Why the Integrated Research Limited (ASX:IRI) share price is down 11% today
- Is the Sydney Airport Holdings Pty Ltd (ASX:SYD) share price in the buy zone after today's update?
- Why the Pro Medicus Limited (ASX:PME) share price is rocketing higher today
- Zip Co Ltd (ASX:Z1P) share price higher on Bunnings deal: Should you invest?
