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 1.16% to 5,909.00
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) up 1.16% to 6,008.70
- AUD/USD at US 79.3 cents
- Gold at US$1,354.49 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$65.06 a barrel
The ASX indices have risen strongly today, with the All Ordinaries growing to above 6,000 again.
A lot of companies have reported today, here's how the market reacted to some of them.
The biggest gain today came from media company HT&E Ltd (ASX: HT1), its report was clearly better than expected with the share price growing 13.14%.
On the red side IPH Limited's (ASX: IPH) share price was smashed almost 20% after the company reported profit was down.
South32 Ltd (ASX: S32) dropped 5.41% today after the company announced its report and a special dividend.
Private hospital operator Healthscope Ltd (ASX: HSO) dropped 4.81% today after investors felt a bit sick after seeing further profit decline.
Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT) fell by 3.38% after it was announced that its landlord had found a buyer for the data centres.
Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX: DMP) dropped a further 7.53% today after investors were not impressed with what the company served up in yesterday's report.
The Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG) share price climbed 6.86% to $8.88 after it released its energetic profit report.
Gold miner Resolute Mining Limited (ASX: RSG) was the biggest beneficiary today of the rising gold price, the share price went up 7.91%.
Here are some of today's top stories:
