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) higher 0.47% to 6,329.00
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.46% to 6,415.70
- AUD/USD at US 72 cents
- Gold at US$1,194.95 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$72.34 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT), the buy now pay later provider shot up 8.5% perhaps in anticipation of Afterpay Day.
Another share to do well today was Aveo Group (ASX: AOG), the retirement village operator climbed 7.2% after reporting to the market.
The share price of healthcare giant CSL Limited (ASX: CSL) is up 6.4% after another impressive report.
Shares of blue chip Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES) climbed 3.2% today in response to its FY18 result.
The share price of Mineral Resources Limited (ASX: MIN) dropped 1% today, despite being up initially, in response to its FY18 result.
SEEK Limited (ASX: SEK) shares climbed 3.1% today after the company unveiled more impressive revenue growth in its report.
Insurance giant Insurance Australia Group Ltd (ASX: IAG) fell 5.8% after investors were disappointed with what it reported in its result.
The share price of Woodside Petroleum Limited (ASX: WPL) declined 0.5% despite an increase of underlying profit in its report.
Finally, Computershare Limited (ASX: CPU) shares went up almost 3.5% on a rising profit.
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