Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Monday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 1.11% to 6,126.20
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 1.15% to 6,208.70
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,316.14 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$66.66 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was gold miner Newcrest Mining Limited (ASX: NCM) which rose 3.4% as the market saw red for many of the ASX shares. Other gold miners like Resolute Mining Limited (ASX: RSG) also went up by more than 2%.
Shares of Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) dropped nearly 1.5% with the market dropping. The bank announced some news of more customer remediation costs earlier today.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX: ANZ) shares fell too, it declined by 2.3%. It was one of the worst performers in the ASX20.
The Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) share price dropped 8.4% as the technology company faced the market declines and a broker downgrade.
New Hope Corporation Limited (ASX: NHC) shares fell 6.8% today after securing 10% more of Bengalla.
The BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) share price dropped nearly 1.3% in response to the market and tough weather conditions in WA.
Finally, the Bingo Industries Ltd (ASX: BIN) share price dropped 1.3% after announcing it had completed its Dial A Dump acquisition.
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