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 0.32% to 6,165.30
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.40% to 6,251.80
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,304.87 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$67.63 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Sigma Healthcare Ltd (ASX: SIG), its share price increased by 5.7%.
The Nufarm Limited (ASX: NUF) share price plunged almost 24% today after suspending its dividend and downgrading its profit expectations in its result announcement.
Another share price to plunge on a result was Synlait Milk Ltd (ASX: SM1) which fell 14% after it reported its profit declined in the first half of FY19.
Corporate Travel Management Ltd (ASX: CTD) shares rose by more than 4% after releasing an investor presentation.
The Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: CUV) share price ended the day down 12.2%, although the company was down much further earlier in the day.
The share price of McMillan Shakespeare Limited (ASX: MMS) rose 3.6% after announcing will no longer be going ahead with the Eclipx Group Ltd (ASX: ECX) acquisition which plunged 56% today.
Finally, the Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX: PTM) share price dropped 11% with Kerr Neilson selling a sizeable portion of shares.
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