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 1.60% to 6,866.60
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 1.58% to 6,953.80
- AUD/USD at US 66 cents
- Gold at US$1,648.09 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$56.60 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was technology company Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) which reported its full year FY19 result today.
Advertising business oOh!Media Ltd (ASX: OML) was another to report today, its share price climbed 4.25% in response.
In an interesting development with the coronavirus, gold miners were some of today's worst performers despite the ongoing strength of the gold price. The share price of St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) dropped 9.7% and the Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited (ASX: SAR) share price fell 7.3%.
The Webjet Limited (ASX: WEB) share price continues to be pummelled, it dropped another 6.5% on global travel fears.
Coal miner New Hope Corporation Limited (ASX: NHC) saw a 4.5% increase of its share price today.
Healthcare business Polynovo Ltd (ASX: PNV) was another of the shares that managed to rise today, it grew by 4.9%.
Finally, the share price of Estia Health Ltd (ASX: EHE) fell almost 4% after releasing its result to the market.
Here are some of today's top stories:
