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 short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) down 0.58% to 6,062.90
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) down 0.82% to 6,136.70
- AUD/USD at US 75 cents
- Gold at US$1,311.50 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$73.50 a barrel
The best performer in the ASX200 today was WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC), the logistics company recently told the market that its revenue would be stronger in this financial year than previously predicted. The share price rose by 6.7%.
Sirtex Medical Limited (ASX: SRX) share price rose by 5.6% today after it received another takeover proposal.
Explosive company Orica Ltd (ASX: ORI) went up 3.3% today after confirming its environmental provision that was previously announced.
The Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) share price finished the day up only 0.24% after revealing a record profit.
G8 Education Ltd (ASX: GEM) continued to ride the wave of positivity after its presentation to investors earlier this week, it went up a further 3% today.
However, ARB Corporation Limited (ASX: ARB) shares had a bit of a bingle after losing some of the gains it made earlier in the week after making its own presentation.
The worst performer in the ASX200 was APN Outdoor Group Ltd (ASX: APO), it fell 6.1% on no specific company news.
Finally, Nanosonics Ltd (ASX: NAN) went up by 1.2% after announcing its new device, trophon2, had been approved for Canada.
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