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) lower 1.35% to 6,994.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 1.45% to 7,098.40
- AUD/USD at US 68 cents
- Gold at US$1,580.04 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$59.10 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was food company Costa Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: CGC), its share price rose 4% today.
Gold miners were some of today's top performers as the gold price rose. The leader in the ASX 200 was Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited (ASX: SAR), its share price rose 3.5% after giving its quarterly presentation.
The coronavirus had a major impact on several industries on the ASX after the return to trade from the long Australia Day weekend. The share price of Webjet Limited (ASX: WEB) dropped almost 14% whilst the Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) share price fell 7.3%.
The share price of Synlait Milk Ltd (ASX: SM1) fell 1% after increasing its forecast milk price.
The Volpara Health Technologies Ltd (ASX: VHT) share price went up 2.75% after it updated the market with a promising quarterly update.
Class Ltd (ASX: CL1) sent its share price almost 8% higher after announcing an acquisition.
Finally, the share price of Sezzle Inc (ASX: SZL) rose 0.75% after the buy now, pay later provider gave its fourth quarter update.
Here are some of today's top stories:
