ALL ORDINARIES finishes lower Wednesday: 8 shares you missed

The S&P/ASX 200 (Index:^AXJO)(ASX:XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index:^AXAO) (ASX:XAO) finished lower on Wednesday.

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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 1.74% to 5,732.80
  • ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 1.69% to 5,822.30
  • AUD/USD at US 72 cents
  • Gold at US$1,201.15 an ounce
  • Brent Oil at US$65.10 a barrel

The best-performing ASX 200 share today was UK bank CYBG Plc (ASX: CYB) it rose 3.4% on news of a breakthrough on Brexit talks.

Another share on the up was Corporate Travel Management Ltd (ASX: CTD), it rose 3% after the company announced that Mr Pherous had purchased another $1.56 million of shares.

At the opposite end of the ASX 200 was retirement village operator Aveo Group (ASX: AOG) which fell 9.8% after holding its AGM.

The share price of Pact Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: PGH) fell 9.7% after issuing a profit downgrade.

The Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC) share price went down 0.1% after also holding its AGM today.

DuluxGroup Limited (ASX: DLX) shares went down 0.14% today after reporting another year of profit growth.

The share price of Carsales.Com Ltd (ASX: CAR) went down 0.4% with Facebook launching its auto advertising service in Australia.

Finally, the share price of Woodside Petroleum Limited (ASX: WPL) fell 2.5% due to the oil price tanked again today.

Here are some of today's top stories:

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