ALL ORDINARIES finishes lower Monday: 8 shares you missed

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

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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 Monday.

Here's a short recap of the Australian market:

  • S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.65% to 6,653.00
  • ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.63% to 6,746.20
  • AUD/USD at US 70 cents
  • Gold at US$1,414.77 an ounce
  • Brent Oil at US$66.75 a barrel

The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) share price which went up 5.1%.

However, the share price of AMP Limited (ASX: AMP) fell 15.8% after the sale of its AMP Life business seems to fallen through and the interim dividend probably won't be paid.

The Perpetual Limited (ASX: PPT) share price fell 5% after issuing its fourth quarter funds under management (FUM) statement.

The share price of Praemium Ltd (ASX: PPS) jumped 11.25% as it released its June 2019 update to investors.

The Elders Ltd (ASX: ELD) share price was unmoved today because it was in a trading halt for an acquisition and capital raising.

FY19 has only just finished but Djerriwarrh Investments Limited (ASX: DJW) has already released its report, sending the share price down 0.3%.

Another business that was quite heavily in the red today was the Carsales.Com Ltd (ASX: CAR) share price which dropped 4%.

Finally, the share price of Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) fell 2% today, making it one of the bigger declines at the large end of the market.

Here are some of today's top stories:    

Tristan Harrison has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia's parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. owns shares of Praemium Limited. The Motley Fool Australia owns shares of and has recommended Telstra Limited. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended carsales.com Limited, Elders Limited, and Praemium Limited. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

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