Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Tuesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) higher 0.62% to 6,179.70
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.61% to 6,287.60
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,193.65 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$77.79 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was data centre business Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT), its share price went up 6.5% today.
Buy now, pay later provider Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) shares went up 6% today, marking a good recovery of the share price after recent declines. Fellow growth share WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) also went up by 3.8%.
The share price of global financial business Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) gave its first quarter update today, sending the share price up 1.82%.
At the red end of the share market was poultry business Inghams Group Ltd (ASX: ING), it dropped by nearly 4%.
Steel business BlueScope Steel Limited's (ASX: BSL) share price was also in the red, declining by 3.3%.
The share price of fresh food producer Costa Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: CGC) went up 3%.
Finally, Freedom Insurance Group Ltd (ASX: FIG) shares went up 15% today after featuring in the Royal Commission.
Here are some of today's top stories:
- Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX:WOW) hit with $100 million class action
- Top broker picks the best 2 miners to buy for FY19 & downgrades BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP)
- Are BWX Limited (ASX:BWX) shareholders about to get a 60% return in 1 week?
