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 short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) up 0.30% to 6,088.10
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) up 0.32% to 6,189.40
- AUD/USD at US 77.9 cents
- Gold at US$1,289.70 an ounce
- Oil at US$59.63 a barrel
One of the biggest movers of the day was Greencross Limited (ASX: GXL) which rose by 4.5%. With no news coming out of the company, it appears that today's rise is just investors wanting a piece of the pet industry.
Speedcast international Limited (ASX: SDA) and Breville Group Ltd (ASX: BRG) are two more shares to rise by around 4% and 3.7% respectively on no news.
Day traders and suffering shareholders appear to have wanted to sell out of Retail Food Group Limited (ASX: RFG) with the share price falling by 6.4% to $2.34.
Most of the pot stocks had a good day with Auscann Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: AC8) up by 13.2%, Cann Group Ltd (ASX: CAN) up by 5.16% and Hydroponics Company Ltd (ASX: THC) up by a staggering 15%.
Here are some of today's top stories:
