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 1.22% to 5,589.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 1.24% to 5,661.80
- AUD/USD at US 72 cents
- Gold at US$1,246.95 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$58.62 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was CSR Limited (ASX: CSR), the building products company rose 4.8% with one of the directors purchasing shares on the market.
It was a pretty rough day for many of the ASX's leading growth shares thanks to global economy worries. The Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) share price fell by 5.6%.
Petrol business Caltex Australia Limited (ASX: CTX) saw its share price fall 5.5% because of lower expected profit for FY18 due to an underperformance at its Lytton refinery.
The REA Group Limited (ASX: REA) share price fell 1.75% today after announcing who its new CEO will be.
Shares of Sonic Healthcare Limited (ASX: SHL) fell 5.1% after it launched its share purchase plan for shareholders to fund part of its acquisition.
At the positive end of the ASX 200 was TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX: TPM) which rose by 3.7%, it was one of today's biggest risers.
The gold sector benefited from the continuing volatility with Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) going up by 3.3%.
Finally, Carsales.Com Ltd (ASX: CAR) shares dropped 2% after announcing it would be recognising an impairment charge in its upcoming results.
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