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 0.09% to 6,136.00
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.07% to 6,217.60
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,315.39 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$68.19 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Eclipx Group Ltd (ASX: ECX) which jumped 22.8% after reassuring the market about the company's financial health and planned asset sales.
Shares of Nufarm Limited (ASX: NUF) continued their recovery post-reporting by going up 4.8% today.
Tassal Group Limited (ASX: TGR) shares dropped 6.7% on concerns around listeria detection reports.
The Cromwell Group (ASX: CMW) share price fell 0.5% after property business confirmed it was contemplating a takeover of a UK-listed REIT called RDI.
The share price of Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY) fell 3.4% after the lithium miner released some Canada-related news.
Shares of Mercury NZ Ltd (ASX: MCY) rocketed 15.3% after announcing a new wind farm.
The Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (ASX: NEC) share price is up 4% today, making it one of the best performers in the ASX200.
Shares of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (ASX: URW) dropped 2.9% with the property business going ex-dividend.
Here are some of today's top stories:
