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 quick recap of the Aussie market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) down 0.9%
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) down 0.8%
- AUD/USD at US 78.58 cents
- Gold at US$1,274 an ounce, down 0.1%
- Oil at US$50.18 a barrel, down 0.8%
Leading the market lower were shares of APA Group (ASX: APA), the gas pipeline giant, and GPT Group (ASX: GPT), the property business. Neither company released a market-sensitive announcement but fell more than 2%.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd (ASX: BEN) and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX: ANZ) were also heavily discounted by the market.
Further down the market, Pact Group Ltd (ASX: PGH) and Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd (ASX: HVN) fell more than 3% despite no news.
At the other end of the ASX's performance table were shares of QBE Insurance Group Ltd (ASX: QBE) which bounced back 2.75% following recent selling pressure caused by a trading update.
In the mid-cap space, shares of a2 Milk Company Ltd (Australia) (ASX: A2M) rose another 5%. Shares of the dairy company have now rallied an eye-popping 208% in 2017.
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