Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Monday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 2.25% to 6,978.30
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 2.28% to 7,065.40
- AUD/USD at US 66 cents
- Gold at US$1,663.13 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$57.05 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was gold miner Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited (ASX: SAR), its share price increased 7.3% with the fast increase of the gold price.
Indeed, gold miners were most of today's top five performers as worries about the coronavirus grow. The share price of St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) grew by 5% today.
The release of Chorus Ltd's (ASX: CNU) report today sent its share price higher by almost 6% despite the negative market day.
At the red end of the ASX the share price of Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX: RWC) dropped 26.3% with investors being disappointed by its half-year result.
Steel business BlueScope Steel Limited (ASX: BSL) suffered a share price drop of 7.8% after reporting a fall in profit.
Airline Air New Zealand Limited (ASX: AIZ) downgraded its profit expectations for the year, which sent its share price down by 5.7%.
The departure of the CEO of Gentrack Group Ltd (ASX: GTK) saw its share price decline another 9%.
Finally, the share price of Audinate Group Ltd (ASX: AD8) declined by 15.3% after reporting its result to the market.
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