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 0.61% to 7,055.30
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.61% to 7,151.40
- AUD/USD at US 67 cents
- Gold at US$1,568.72 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$53.98 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was annuity provider Challenger Ltd (ASX: CGF), its share price rose 12.8% after reporting this morning.
Electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi Limited (ASX: JBH) saw its share price fall 4.6%, giving up some of the gains from yesterday's report.
Another business to report today was insurance giant Suncorp Group Ltd (ASX: SUN), its share price dropped 1.5% in response.
The coronavirus is affecting Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH), it has downgraded its earnings expectation for FY20 which sent the share price 3.4% lower.
Gold miner Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) also reported today, its share price increased by 0.4% in reaction.
Toll road business Transurban Group (ASX: TCL) was another to release its result, driving its share price up by 1.4%.
Global investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) released an operational update today, causing the share price to drop 0.6%.
Finally, the share price of energy business Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT) dropped 2.5% after releasing its report.
Here are some of today's top stories:
