Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Thursday.
Here's a quick recap of the Aussie market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) up 0.7%
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) up 0.17%
- AUD/USD at US 75.61 cents
- Gold at US$1,247 an ounce, up 0.3%
- Oil at US$42.53 a barrel, down 2.2%
Leading the market higher today were shares of Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG), which snapped back from a recent selloff and rose 3.7%. Shares of the iron ore miner had fallen 30% in recent times.
Annuities business Challenger Ltd (ASX: CGF) shares rose 3% despite no material news coming from the company.
Further down the market, Metcash Limited (ASX: IGA), owner of IGA supermarkets, rose 4.3%. Meanwhile, accounting software business XERO FPO NZX (ASX: XRO) climbed 3.9%.
At the other end of the market, DEXUS Property Group (ASX: DXS) fell 5% after it announced the completion of a $500 million institutional capital raising.
Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX: SUL) and Domino's Pizza Enterprise Ltd. (ASX: DMP) were also amongst the market's worst-performing shares.
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