The S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) has closed the session down 1.07%. It was a sea of red across the board with all sectors posting losses. Investors appeared to focus on China today, after a weak HSBC China Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) reading for January suggested that manufacturing activity in the country was contracting.
Here are the top five performing stocks in the index today.
- Amcor Limited (ASX: AMC) added 2.4% to $10.62
- Drillsearch Energy Limited (ASX: DLS) gained 2.2% to $1.42
- Aurora Oil & Gas Limited (ASX: AUT) rose 1.8% to $2.83
- Aquila Resources Limited (ASX: AQA) climbed 1.7% to $2.43
- Horizon Oil Ltd (ASX: HZN) closed up 1.5% to 33.5 cents
These stocks were the losers on the day.
- Resolute Mining Limited (ASX: RSG) dropped 8.3% to 55.5 cents
- Evolution FPO (ASX: EVN) lost 7.8% to 59.5 cents
- Silver Lake Resources Limited. (ASX: SLR) fell 7.7% to 60 cents
- Energy World Corporation Ltd. (ASX: EWC) slipped 6.3% to 37.5 cents
- Mount Gibson Iron Limited (ASX: MGX) closed down 5.9% to 96 cents
