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 0.51% to 5,994.90
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) down 0.49% to 6,108.50
- AUD/USD at US 76 cents
- Gold at US$1,292.10 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$75.73 a barrel
The best-performing ASX200 share today was a2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M), it went up by 6% after Blackrock took up a 5% stake of the business.
Some of the ASX's largest tech darlings came roaring back today. WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) went up by 4.45%, Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) increased by 3.1% and Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) grew by 2.9%.
At the other end of the performance table, Retail Food Group Limited (ASX: RFG) fell by 2.5% after updating the market on its FY18 profit guidance.
Mortgage Choice Limited (ASX: MOC) shareholders have suffered a 22.7% drop today after there came a report of franchisees struggling.
The Kogan.Com Ltd (ASX: KGN) share price finished the day down 12.5% after there was speculation that management were trying to sell a portion of their shares.
Praemium Ltd (ASX: PPS) finished the day up 4% after strengthening ties with Morgan Stanley.
Finally, Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Co. Ltd (ASX: SOL) dropped by 3.4%.
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