Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Wednesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.22% to 6,161.20
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.23% to 6,246.00
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,304.71 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$66.89 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was gold miner Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited (ASX: SAR), its share price rose by 5.8%.
In-fact, several gold miners performed well today with the gold price increasing. The Newcrest Mining Limited (ASX: NCM) share price went up 3.1%.
Shares of Sigma Healthcare Ltd (ASX: SIG) dropped 12.3% today as its Board rejected the takeover offer from Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ASX: API), which dropped 3.6%.
The share price of property business GPT Group (ASX: GPT) dropped 0.6% as it announced it has reached a binding agreement to sell its stake of the MLC Centre for $800 million.
Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) shares have rebounded 5.1% higher today with the machine learning business recovering some of the lost ground from when it returned to trade from its trading halt.
The Magellan Global Trust (ASX: MGG) share price dropped 2.1% today as its newly issued units hit the ASX boards.
Finally, New Hope Corporation Limited (ASX: NHC) shares are 4.3% higher with the New Acland Stage 3 Environment Authority amendment being granted.
Here are some of today's top stories:
