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 0.03% to 6,223.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.02% to 6,316.50
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,304.30 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$70.83 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Seven West Media Ltd (ASX: SWM) share price after the TV media business announced the sale of its Yahoo7 stake.
The Crown Resorts Ltd (ASX: CWN) share price dropped around 9% after Wynn decided to end its takeover discussions because the talks became known by the media.
The Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (ASX: DMP) share price is up 1.6% after announcing it was heading into the Denmark market.
The share price of IOOF Holdings Limited (ASX: IFL) went up 1.9% due to acquiring the financial planning book of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd (ASX: BEN), which dropped 0.6%.
The Avita Medical Ltd (ASX: AVH) share price dropped 30% today, giving up yesterday's gains.
The share price of Sims Metal Management Ltd (ASX: SGM) is down 4.1% after the metal recycling business released an investor presentation.
Finally, the share price of Webjet Limited (ASX: WEB) rose 2.4% because it announced plans for a religious travel business.
Here are some of today's top stories:
