Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Tuesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) higher 0.37% to 6,500.10
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.30% to 6,584.40
- AUD/USD at US 69 cents
- Gold at US$1,274.89 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$72.14 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Lynas Corporation Ltd (ASX: LYC) share price which rose 14.4% after releasing an investor presentation, although it went into a trading in the afternoon to explain one of its slides.
The big ASX banks had another good day as the RBA and APRA both suggested measures to help the Australian economy. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) share price rose 2% and the Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) share price went up 2.7%.
The share price of foreign currency exchange business OFX Group Ltd (ASX: OFX) rose 17% after reporting its result to the market.
The ALS Ltd (ASX: ALQ) share price fell 6.3% despite reporting an impressive increase of its profit.
The share price of buy now, pay later business Zip Co Ltd (ASX: Z1P) rose 5.7% after agreeing a partnership with Kmart Australia, which is owned by Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES), which saw its share price fall 0.1%.
Finally, the share price of Technology One Limited (ASX: TNE) fell 13.5% after revealing its result to investors.
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