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 0.29% to 6,199.30
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.33% to 6,281.40
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,288.89 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$65.32 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was IGA supplier and hardware retailer Metcash Limited (ASX: MTS), it rose another 4.9% after yesterday's trading update.
It was a pretty rough day for lithium mining businesses with the Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE) share price falling by 6.3% and the Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY) share price fell 4.2%.
The Coles Group Limited (ASX: COL) share price finished the day down 0.2% after company said it had sold the economic rights and management of its hotel business for $200 million.
Shares of AI development company Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) hit a record high today, the tech share has done very well since reporting.
Shares of Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH) fell 0.2% today as the healthcare stock's legal woes were discussed again.
BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) was one of the businesses appearing at the AFR business summit, with the resource giant calling for a carbon price.
Finally, the share price of Iress Ltd (ASX: IRE) rose 3%, making it one of the best performers in the ASX 200.
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