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 0.34% to 6,026.10
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.39% to 6,091.80
- AUD/USD at US 73 cents
- Gold at US$1,313.76 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$61.97 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was energy business Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX: VEA), which went up 13.8% on a new agreement Coles Group Limited (ASX: COL), which went down 2.5%.
Shares of Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) rose by 4.8% today, making it the top performing ASX technology WAAAX share.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) share price dropped 1.4% today after it reported its half-year result to 31 December 2018.
The share price of Insurance Australia Group Ltd (ASX: IAG) rose over 4% today in response to the plunging profit in its half year report.
Janus Henderson Group (ASX: JHG) shares declined 2.1% after reporting its fourth quarter result of FY18 numbers.
The Nick Scali Limited (ASX: NCK) share price went up 7.6% with the retailer revealing a monster increase to its half-year dividend.
Finally, the share price of Cimic Group Ltd (ASX: CIM) rose 1.9% after the engineering business grew profit by 11%.
Here are some of today's top stories:
