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 0.45% to 6,011.90
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) up 0.49% to 6,123.50
- AUD/USD at US 76 cents
- Gold at US$1,305.24 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$77.24 a barrel
The best-performing ASX200 share today was Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (ASX: NEC), the tv company was up 6.2%.
Another share to have a strong day was Bellamy's Australia Ltd (ASX: BAL), it finished the day up 6%.
MYOB Group Ltd (ASX: MYO) announced that the Reckon Limited (ASX: RKN) deal was no longer going ahead. MYOB dropped by 8.2% and Reckon fell by 8.2% as well.
Investors didn't seem so confident that the new CEO would turn around Retail Food Group Limited (ASX: RFG), its share price dropped by 7.4% today.
Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY) shares went up another 4.5% today after announcing earlier in the week that it would be selling land for a significant sum.
The Kogan.Com Ltd (ASX: KGN) share price rose by 0.2% today after Amazon announced a lot of its international products would no longer be shipped to Australian addresses.
Finally, Mesoblast limited (ASX: MSB) finished the day up 4.1% after revealing its quarterly result.
Here are some of today's top stories:
- We're Hiring!
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- Why the Volpara Health Technologies Ltd (ASX:VHT) share price is printing record highs
