Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Monday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) down 0.05% to 6,084.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) down 0.01% to 6,190.20
- AUD/USD at US 75 cents
- Gold at US$1,293.55 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$78.92 a barrel
The best-performing share in the ASX200 was lithium miner Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE), its share price rose by 5.6% today.
Vocus Group Ltd (ASX: VOC) was another top performer after it announced its new CEO would be an ex Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) executive. The Vocus share price went up 4.2% today. The Telstra share price declined by 1.75% today as investors worried about the dividend.
The WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) share price went up 3.4% today after the company issued around $100 million of shares to an institutional investor.
Natural beauty business BWX Ltd (ASX: BWX) will likely rocket tomorrow after it announced it had received a preliminary offer of $6.60 for its shares.
At the other end of the share market, the Asaleo Care Ltd (ASX: AHY) share price dropped by 6% today after it received a negative broke note.
Wattle Health Australia Ltd (ASX: WHA) fell a whopping 24% today after coming out of a trading halt.
Finally, the share price of Boral Limited (ASX: BLD) dropped 3.8% after receiving a broker downgrade.
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