Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Wednesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.43% to 6,183.40
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.46% to 6,273.70
- AUD/USD at US 74 cents
- Gold at US$1,242.57 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$77.90 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT), it increased by 5% and has almost reached $10.
Gold miners have been some of the best performers today as fears rise about the global economy and trade wars. Resolute Mining Limited (ASX: RSG) went up 4.6% and St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) gained 3.7%.
Two of the worst performers were fund managers. Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX: MFG) fell by 6.4% on a broker downgrade and Platinum Asset Management Limited (ASX: PTM) declined by 8.9%.
The Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC) share price declined by 0.8% after accusations of 'kickbacks' hit the private hospital industry.
InvoCare Limited (ASX: IVC) shares fell 0.8% after announcing yet another acquisition to the market.
One of the worst falls today was from Class Ltd (ASX: CL1), it dropped by 11.7% after revealing its June quarter account growth.
Here are some of today's top stories:
- Gentrack Group Ltd (ASX:GTK) hands investors the NZ$90 million bill
- Delays expected for Bellamy's Australia Ltd (ASX:BAL) CFDA approval
- Bapcor Ltd (ASX:BAP) shares up as company divests tyre and wheel business
- The winners and losers from today's retail sales beat
- Macquarie Group Ltd interested in $1 billion digital infrastructure acquisition
- Gateway Lifestyle Group (ASX:GTY) shares down on takeover details
