Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Wednesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) up 0.34% to 5,861.40
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) up 0.37% to 5,956.30
- AUD/USD at US 78 cents
- Gold at US$1,350.50 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$72.07 a barrel
The worst performer in the ASX200 today was CYBG PLC CDI 1:1 (ASX: CYB), also known as Clydesdale Bank, it went down 6.65% after it had to increase its provision for the payment protection insurance scandal.
Another to drop today was Link Administration Holdings Ltd (ASX: LNK) after it announced yesterday, after the market had closed, it was undertaking a capital raising. The share price dropped 4.36% today.
At the other end of the market WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) was the best performer of the ASX200, it went up by 6.89% on no specific company news today.
Pipped to a close second was Corporate Travel Management Ltd (ASX: CTD), the travel company went up by 6.44% on no news today either.
The Woodside Petroleum Limited (ASX: WPL) share price finished the day 1.09% higher after reporting higher revenue for the quarter.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) dropped by 0.48% after facing the royal commission today, whilst AMP Limited (ASX: AMP) fell a further 2.2% after yesterday's fee-for-no-service revelations.
Finally, Credit Corp Group Limited (ASX: CCP) went up by 4.4% today after giving a presentation to investors.
Here are some of today's top stories:
