Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Wednesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) higher 0.20% to 6.697.80
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.21% to 6,817.00
- AUD/USD at US 70 cents
- Gold at US$1,519.33 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$66.23 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was the lithium miner Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS), its share price has gone up 9.6%.
Fellow lithium miner Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE) also had a strong day, its share price increased by 6.4%.
The start of 2020 has begun with a bang for buy now, pay later business Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT), the share price went up 4.75%.
The share price of Polynovo Ltd (ASX: PNV) fell 5.8%, making it the worst performer in the ASX 200.
News of a further strengthening of Australian house prices in December 2019 sent the REA Group Limited (ASX: REA) share price up 1.8%.
However, the Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) share price fell 0.1% despite the rising house prices.
The share price of Independence Group NL (ASX: IGO) dropped around 1% after making an announcement regarding its withdrawn takeover offer.
Finally, the share price of Lendlease Group (ASX: LLC) rose by more than 2% today.
Here are some of today's top stories:
