Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Tuesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) down 0.01% to 5,940.90
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) up 0.03% to 6,045.60
- AUD/USD at US 79.3 cents
- Gold at US$1,340.28 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$65.49 a barrel
It's very rare for the ASX200 to finish down but the All Ordinaries finishes up. Essentially, the market was flat today.
A lot of companies have reported today, here's how the market reacted to some of them.
The best reaction today in the ASX200 was to Altium Limited's (ASX: ALU) report late yesterday afternoon, with earnings per share growing by 50%. The share price rose by 26.71% in response.
The market also really liked Seven West Media Ltd's (ASX: SWM) report, the share price made for good viewing as it rose by 18.6% today.
However, the Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX: SUL) share price just became a bit closer to the bargain bucket with it dropping 14.5% after investors got a look at its report.
Telecommunications infrastructure business Vocus Group Ltd (ASX: VOC) fell by 10.45% today after its report wasn't well received by shareholders.
Pet giant Greencross Limited (ASX: GXL) reported a decent set of figures in its report today, but investors weren't impressed and sent the share price down 3.74%.
The Virtus Health Ltd (ASX: VRT) share price grew by 5.31% today after the IVF provider revealed a healthy set of numbers.
The GWA Group Ltd (ASX: GWA) share price grew a further 9.9% in response to its report yesterday.
Finally, the Bapcor Ltd (ASX: BAP) share price dropped by 1.23% even though it increased its profit by 72% in the half-year report.
Here are some of today's top stories:
