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 0.83% to 6.787.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.79% to 6,889.80
- AUD/USD at US 68 cents
- Gold at US$1,454.81 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$63.69 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was the Caltex Australia Limited (ASX: CTX) share price which rose 13.1% after news broke of a takeover bid.
The Bravura Solutions Ltd (ASX: BVS) share price rose almost 12% today after holding its AGM for shareholders.
The share price of Bank of Queensland Limited (ASX: BOQ) dropped almost 7% after returning to trade after its capital raising.
Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) announced some leadership changes today including the stepping down of CEO Brian Hartzer, sending the share price up 1.6%.
The Mesoblast Limited (ASX: MSB) share price rose 1.1% after delivering its first quarter result.
Brickworks Limited (ASX: BKW) held its AGM today and gave a trading update, this caused the share price to rise 0.6%.
Gold miner Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN) announced an acquisition today which sent the share price up 2.1%.
Finally, the share price of Livetiles Ltd (ASX: LVT) dropped 1.6% after holding its AGM today.
Here are some of today's top stories:
