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 0.61% to 7,055.30
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.47% to 7,185.30
- AUD/USD at US 67 cents
- Gold at US$1,565.96 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$54.91 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was education business Idp Education Ltd (ASX: IEL), its share price rose 28.4% after investors learned about its FY20 half-year result.
Fish company Tassal Group Limited (ASX: TGR) saw its share price soar 11.9% after reporting its half-year result.
The Carsales.com Ltd (ASX: CAR) share price went up 8.3% after the company impressed with its overseas divisions.
Auto parts business Bapcor Ltd (ASX: BAP) reported another increase its in pro forma profit and dividend in its half-year result, sending its share price up 6.1%.
Vitamin business Blackmores Limited (ASX: BKL) suffered a share price drop of 12.8% after revealing company problems and issues relating to the coronavirus.
Orora Ltd (ASX: ORA) was another to release its result, but the share price fell 4.1% in response.
The Downer EDI Limited (ASX: DOW) share price fell 2.7% after the contractor engineering business released its result.
Finally, the share price of CSL Limited (ASX: CSL) went up around 1% after the healthcare giant impressed again with its half-year result.
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