Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Tuesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.1% to 6,672.20
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.11% to 6,757.40
- AUD/USD at US 70 cents
- Gold at US$1,392.81 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$64.11 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) share price which rose over 6% after the company gave a production, sales and corporate update.
The share price of popular buy now, pay later company Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) fell around 5% after being on the end of a negative broker note.
The Mach7 Technologies Ltd (ASX: M7T) share price ended 8.5% higher thanks to an announced agreement with a 5-year term.
The share price of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) fell 0.6% as investors digested APRA's decision on loss-absorbing capacity. The Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) share price also dropped 0.5%.
The Orora Ltd (ASX: ORA) share price finished the day down 1.2% after announcing the retirement of its CEO and it also revealed who the new person in charge will be.
The share price of Coles Group Limited (ASX: COL) rose 1.9% thanks to announcing a new agreement with Microsoft to develop enterprise software which will utilise AI for analytical purposes.
Finally, the share price of Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) fell 0.5% despite insider buying boosting the share price earlier in the day.
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