All Ordinaries finishes lower Wednesday: 8 ASX shares you missed

The S&P/ASX 200 (Index:^AXJO)(ASX:XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index:^AXAO) (ASX:XAO) ended down on Wednesday, here are 8 ASX shares you missed.

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Published February 26, 2020 5:04 pm AEDT

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Wednesday.

Here's a short recap of the Australian market:

S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 2.31% to 6,708.10
ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 2.35% to 6,790.70
AUD/USD at US 66 cents
Gold at US$1,644.63 an ounce
Brent Oil at US$55.28 a barrel

One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was healthcare business Healius Ltd (ASX: HLS), its share price rose 15.6% on its result and a potential takeover.

Funeral business InvoCare Limited (ASX: IVC) saw a share price rise of 13.7% after the company announced impressive growth in its report.

The result of media business Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (ASX: NEC) sent its share price higher by over 7%.

The coronavirus caused a sell-off of many of the ASX's most popular growth shares. The Polynovo Ltd (ASX: PNV) share price was crunched, it dropped 20.5%. Other examples of painful declines belonged to Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) and WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC), their share prices fell 9.3% and 8.1% respectively.

Ethical fund manager Australian Ethical Investment Limited (ASX: AEF) was another to report today, its share price fell 3.2% in reaction.

Finally, the share price of Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) fell 2.7% after reporting impressive operating results, but the wage underpayment soured the overall numbers.

Here are some of today's top stories:

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