Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Friday.
Here's a quick recap of the Aussie market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) down 0.6%
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) down 0.5%
- AUD/USD at US 79.15 cents
- Gold at US$1,250 an ounce
- Oil at US$46.93 a barrel, down 0.8%
Weighing on the market were shares of Aurizon Holdings Ltd (ASX: AZJ), the rail freight operator, which fell 3.3%. While no material news was released by the company a bearish analyst may have been responsible for today's falls.
Also among the losing shares were Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN) and Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG), which ended down 2.5%.
Further down the market, building products company CSR Ltd (ASX: CSR) fell 5%. Meanwhile, fund manager Perpetual Limited (ASX: PPT) fell into the red following a negative analyst report.
At the other end of the market, technology businesses REA Group Ltd (ASX: REA) and WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) ended firmly higher. Neither company released material news to the market.
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