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 0.77% to 6,776.70
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.73% to 6,862.40
- AUD/USD at US 70 cents
- Gold at US$1,420.96 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$64.02 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the share price of Eclipx Group Ltd (ASX: ECX) which rose by 7%.
Resource businesses were the biggest sufferers in the ASX 200. The share price of gold miner Regis Resources Limited (ASX: RRL) fell 11.75% – it released its June 2019 quarter report yesterday.
The Iluka Resources Limited (ASX: ILU) share price was another to suffer as it released its June 2019 quarterly numbers, it dropped by 10%.
The share price of Pacific Energy Limited (ASX: PEA) rose by 36% on a potential takeover.
The Strike Energy Ltd (ASX: STX) share price was another to jump today, it rose by 42.2%.
Buy now, pay later business Zip Co Ltd (ASX: Z1P) released its June 2019 quarter numbers which included a lot of growth, sending the share price up more than 9%.
Investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) has been a focus on APRA, but the share price still ended 0.3% higher.
Finally, the share price of St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) fell 2.8% with the gold miner releasing its June 2019 quarter report.
Here are some of today's top stories:
