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 0.22% to 6,579.40
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.18% to 6,665.20
- AUD/USD at US 67 cents
- Gold at US$1,524.16 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$59.10 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Speedcast International Ltd (ASX: SDA) share price which rose almost 20% after yesterday's gain.
At the other end of the ASX 200 the worst performer was the TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX: TPM) share price which dropped almost 5%. Yesterday the share price of Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) dropped after investors learned of nbn rollout delays. The Telstra share price fell another 0.7%.
The Bellamy's Australia Ltd (ASX: BAL) share price has recovered 5.3% today after the initial negative reaction to its recent report release.
The share price of Moelis Australia Ltd (ASX: MOE) fell 4.2% today after announcing a selective share buy-back.
Private health insurer Medibank Private Ltd (ASX: MPL) saw its share price drop 2.2% as news broke of legal proceedings by ACCC.
Commodity business Western Areas Ltd (ASX: WSA) has seen its share price go up another 7.4% today, adding to yesterday's green.
Finally, the Spark Infrastructure Group (ASX: SKI) share price fell 4.3% according to the ASX.
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