Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Wednesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) higher 1.39% to 5,653.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 1.35% to 5,727.30
- AUD/USD at US 72 cents
- Gold at US$1,246.30 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$60.88 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was remote data business Speedcast International Ltd (ASX: SDA), its share price rose 7.8%.
Shares of Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (ASX: MYX) went up 6.2% today due to some positive FDA news.
The Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY) share price grew by 5.8%, perhaps due to the news that Australian politicians are wanting Australia to turn into a lithium manufacturing powerhouse.
The share price of Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) rose by 5.6% today with the whole ASX tech sector rising and Goldman Sachs suggesting Altium would be a good buy.
Gold miners didn't have a good day with investors becoming a little more confident. The worst fall of the ASX 200 gold miners belonged to St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) which dropped 3.7%.
The MNF Group Ltd (ASX: MNF) share price rose 0.8% today after finally being successful with its acquisition.
Shares of Propel Funeral Partners Ltd (ASX: PFP) rose by 0.2% due to announcing a number of New Zealand funeral operator acquisitions.
Finally, the share price of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) went up 2.4% after outlining a number of additional costs and provisions yesterday afternoon.
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