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) down 0.13% to 5,751.90
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) down 0.17% to 5,859.10
- AUD/USD at US 77 cents
- Gold at US$1,326.05 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$67.92 a barrel
One of the best results in the ASX200 today came from Santos Ltd (ASX: STO), it received a takeover offer from Harbour Energy. The share price increased by 16.17% today.
Gold miners were some of the top performers due to market volatility. In the ASX200, Evolution Mining Limited (ASX: EVN) was the best performer and it went up by 2.97%.
The Volpara Health Technologies Ltd (ASX: VHT) share price finished the day up 7% after the company it revealed it had exceeded guidance.
Another business to rocket upwards today was Specialty Fashion Group Ltd (ASX: SFH), it went up 22.54% after it announced it has been offered $100 million for City Chic and Autograph.
BT Investment Management Ltd (ASX: BTT) finished the day down 3.18%, it was one of the main shares to suffer from the market volatility.
The REA Group Limited (ASX: REA) share price is down 2.82% after CoreLogic revealed that Sydney house prices fell again in March.
The technology sector sell-off is hurting some local shares too. Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT) fell by just over 3% today.
Finally, Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL) fell by 2.7% today on legal worries.
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