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 0.15% to 6,107.00
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) up 0.15% to 6,208.10
- AUD/USD at US 75 cents
- Gold at US$1,320.60 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$78.20 a barrel
One of the best performers today has been InvoCare Limited (ASX: IVC), the funeral provider went up by 5.14% after getting an upgrade from Citi whilst Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) announced it was a substantial shareholder yesterday, Macquarie went up almost 2% today.
The CYBG PLC (ASX: CYB) share price dropped nearly 5% after revealing a mixed result last night.
Other shares to fall today were a2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M) and Bellamy's Australia Ltd (ASX: BAL) after a2 updated the market with its third quarter figures and the FY18 outlook, which wasn't as good as the market was expecting. A2 shares dropped 13% and Bellamy's dropped almost 10%.
Sigma Healthcare Ltd (ASX: SIG) dropped nearly 6% today after the CEO gave an address to shareholders saying that the company was trading in challenging conditions.
The top performer in the ASX200 was Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX: WHC), it has continued its winning streak and went up 6.8%.
Finally, Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (ASX: DMP) delivered a pleasing 4.2% return today on no specific company news.
Here are some of today's top stories:
