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 0.36% to 6,150.30
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.40% to 6,233.60
- AUD/USD at US 72 cents
- Gold at US$1,327.74 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$65.65 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was telco Vocus Group Ltd (ASX: VOC), it rose nearly 10% after it reported slight revenue growth.
Shares of Seek Limited (ASX: SEK) went up more than 8% today after reporting further strong growth of revenue in Australia, and in China with Zhaopin.
The Costa Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: CGC) share price went up 4.4% after the fresh food business reported and said that food prices are recovering.
It was a pretty rough day for data centre company Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT), it dropped 8.2% with it releasing its result.
The share price of Bega Cheese Ltd (ASX: BGA) ended the day up 1.2% despite unveiling a large hit to its half-year profit numbers.
OZ Minerals Limited (ASX: OZL) was another to report today, a reduction of profit led to the share price declining by 1.1%.
Listed investment company (LIC) WAM Research Limited (ASX: WAX) also reported its half year result today, sending its share price 1.9% higher with a slight dividend increase.
Finally, CogState Limited (ASX: CGS) shares plunged 24% after reporting a loss in its result.
Here are some of today's top stories:
