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 0.17% to 6,654.00
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.11% to 6,765.30
- AUD/USD at US 68 cents
- Gold at US$1,493.98 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$58.90 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was the Nearmap Ltd (ASX: NEA) share price, it went up almost 6%.
The Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN) share price rose by almost 3% after announcing that it could potentially be included in the MSCI Index based on its level of foreign relevant interest.
The share price of Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (ASX: SXL) fell 18.4% after it gave a disappointing trading update with revenues lower. The Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (ASX: NEC) share price dropped 6.2% today too.
Another share price to drop heavily was the share price of Nick Scali Limited (ASX: NCK), it fell by 14% after warning that so far in FY20 its foot traffic and same store sales were lower, which would hurt the December half-year result. The Harvey Norman Holdings Limited (ASX: HVN) share price declined 6.2% as well.
The Cooper Energy Ltd. (ASX: COE) share price rose 4%, it announced its quarterly report and announced a new gas discovery.
Finally, the share price of Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN) fell 0.3% after announcing its quarterly report with record cashflow.
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