ALL ORDINARIES finishes lower Wednesday: 8 ASX shares you missed

The S&P/ASX 200 (Index:^AXJO)(ASX:XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index:^AXAO) (ASX:XAO) finished lower on Wednesday, here are 8 ASX shares you missed.

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Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Wednesday.

Here's a short recap of the Australian market:

  • S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) higher 0.07% to 6,680.20
  • ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.88% to 6,787.60
  • AUD/USD at US 69 cents
  • Gold at US$1,489.24 an ounce
  • Brent Oil at US$61.40 a barrel

One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was the Silver Lake Resources Limited. (ASX: SLR) share price, it rose by 7.5%.

We have seen continuing growth from the lithium sector as protests in Chile cause concern, the Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY) share price climbed 5.7% and the Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE) share price increased by 4.3%.

Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) revealed an excellent quarter of sales growth, but that was undermined by news of staff wage underpayments. The Woolworths share price dropped 1.4%.

The share price of Costa Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: CGC) came back to trading today, leading to a 24% decline of the share price.

The drought is also causing pain for the Bega Cheese Ltd (ASX: BGA) share price which fell another 7.6% today.

The recovering housing market saw Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia (ASX: GMA) have a good quarter, sending the share price up 10.6%.

Finally, the share price of Zip Co Ltd (ASX: Z1P) fell 12.2% after revealing its September 2019 quarter update.

Here are some of today's top stories:    

Tristan Harrison owns shares of COSTA GRP FPO. The Motley Fool Australia's parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. owns shares of ZIPCOLTD FPO. The Motley Fool Australia owns shares of and has recommended COSTA GRP FPO. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

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