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) higher 0.68% to 6.752.60
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.60% to 6,853.20
- AUD/USD at US 68 cents
- Gold at US$1,463.19 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$63.94 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was the Webjet Limited (ASX: WEB) share price, it rose almost 10% on takeover rumours.
The share price of Cooper Energy Ltd. (ASX: COE) rose another 5% after yesterday's Sole Gas Project update.
The Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX: VEA) share price increased 2.8%, recovering some of the decline over the past couple of weeks.
After completing its capital raising, the share price of Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) increased by 0.6%.
The announcement of a new CEO and Managing Director sent the Graincorp Ltd (ASX: GNC) share price down 1%.
The share price of Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (ASX: SXL) fell 2.7% today after announcing the refinancing of its debt facilities.
The Centuria Industrial Reit (ASX: CIP) share price was unmoved today after going into a trading halt for a capital raising to acquire two properties worth $236 million to continue to be leased to Arnott's.
Finally, the share price of Tyro Payments Ltd (ASX: TYR) ended up another 0.6% after updating the market about its listing.
Here are some of today's top stories:
