Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Thursday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) down 0.21% to 6,094.30
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) down 0.18% to 6,197.20
- AUD/USD at US 75 cents
- Gold at US$1,292.05 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$79.42 a barrel
The best two performers in the ASX200 today were lithium miners. Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY) went up by 8.4% and Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE) went up 7.1% after Kidman Resources Ltd (ASX: KDR) announced a deal with Tesla, Kidman's share price went up 2.8% today. The lithium price has been steadily going up in recent weeks too.
a2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M) recovered some of its lost ground today after disappointing the market yesterday with a trading update and FY18 forecast, the share price went up 2% today.
The Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) share price was down 3.7% today after going ex-dividend.
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX: TWE) shares fell 6.2% after the AFR published an article saying that there are oversupply issues to China.
Another share to fall today was Bellamy's Australia Ltd (ASX: BAL), it dropped another 3.7% today after falling yesterday alongside a2.
Home improvement company DuluxGroup Limited (ASX: DLX) fell by 2.2% after revealing its half-year report.
Finally, donation company Pushpay Holdings Ltd (ASX: PPH) dropped 5.5% after revealing its FY18 result.
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