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 0.64% to 6,519.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.64% to 6,588.50
- AUD/USD at US 67 cents
- Gold at US$1,486.30 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$58.84 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Pinnacle Investment Management Group Ltd (ASX: PNI) share price again, which went up 8.9% after yesterday's report.
The best performing sector on the ASX 200 was the gold sector. Leading the pack was the Resolute Mining Limited (ASX: RSG) share price rising by 8.7% and the Regis Resources Limited (ASX: RRL) share price going up by 6%.
The share price of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) fell 1% after the major bank reported its FY19 result.
Despite a positive day for the market, the Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) share price only went up 0.6% because CBA announced it would be working with an international buy now pay later business in Australia and New Zealand.
The Suncorp Group Ltd (ASX: SUN) share price rose by 4.8% after announcing its FY19 result.
The share price of Transurban Group (ASX: TCL) was unmoved because it went into a trading halt for a capital raising and it also announced its FY19 result.
Finally, the share price of Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY) rose 0.4% despite announcing an expensive writedown.
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