Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Tuesday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.29% to 6.753.00
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.29% to 6,857.00
- AUD/USD at US 68 cents
- Gold at US$1,454.95 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$62.38 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was the Sims Metal Management Ltd (ASX: SGM) share price which rose by 3.8%.
Another of today's leading performers was the Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) share price which rose another 3.5% after a broker upgrade.
However, the Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (ASX: NEC) share price fell 5.7% after giving a trading update and its outlook.
After going ex-dividend the Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) share price fell by 3.5%.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) saw its share price rise by 1% today after releasing its first quarter of FY20 profit which included growth.
The Incitec Pivot Ltd (ASX: IPL) share price fell 1.7% after reporting its result this morning.
The share price of OFX Group Ltd (ASX: OFX) rose 0.7% after the business reported its result to the market earlier today.
Finally, the share price of Goodman Group (ASX: GMG) fell 1.3% with the real estate business giving its first quarter operational update.
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