ALL ORDINARIES finishes lower Tuesday: 8 shares you missed

The S&P/ASX 200 (Index:^AXJO)(ASX:XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index:^AXAO) (ASX:XAO) finished lower on Tuesday.

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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 Tuesday.

Here's a short recap of the Australian market:

  • S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.94% to 6,128.40
  • ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.87% to 6,209.00
  • AUD/USD at US 72 cents
  • Gold at US$1,328.53 an ounce
  • Brent Oil at US$64.70 a barrel

The best-performing ASX 200 share today was remote data business Speedcast International Ltd (ASX: SDA) which went up by 13% after reporting its result today.

Shares of waste collections company Bingo Industries Ltd (ASX: BIN) went up nearly 6% after reporting.

The Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) share price dropped almost 11.5% after the buy now, pay later business reported its result to December 2018.

The share price of Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES) dropped 7.2% after the retail giant went ex-dividend today with its special and ordinary dividends.

Experience Co. Ltd (ASX: EXP) shares rose 17.3% after the tourism company reported its half-year figures to 31 December 2018.

Shares of Caltex Australia Limited (ASX: CTX) rose more than 4.6% with the petrol giant announcing a large share buy-back with its FY18 result.

The Estia Health Ltd (ASX: EHE) share price dropped 1.2% with the aged care business reporting its result for December 2018 and saying it is preparing for the aged care royal commission.

Finally, large listed investment company (LIC) WAM Capital Limited (ASX: WAM) reported its December 2018 result and announced the dividend payment.

Here are some of today's top stories:

Motley Fool contributor Tristan Harrison has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia owns shares of and has recommended Wesfarmers Limited. The Motley Fool Australia owns shares of AFTERPAY T FPO and EXPERNCECO FPO. 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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