Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Monday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) up 0.59% to 6,025.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) up 0.57% to 6,138.60
- AUD/USD at US 76 cents
- Gold at US$1,294.75 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$76.57 a barrel
The best-performing ASX200 share today was Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (ASX: MYX), its share price rose by nearly 8% today.
Another top performing share was CYBG PLC (ASX: CYB), its share price rose by 6% after making another offer of combination for Virgin Money in the UK.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) share price rose by 1.44% after announcing it had settled with AUSTRAC for $700 million.
Kogan.Com Ltd (ASX: KGN) went up by almost 7.5% today after announcing it would be going into the whitegoods and built-in kitchen spaces. The share price of Harvey Norman Holdings Limited (ASX: HVN) fell by 2.8% in response.
Shopping centre owner Vicinity Centres Re Ltd (ASX: VCX) shares went up 2.6% after announcing it would be making another $1 billion or so of sales to focus on key destinations.
The share prices of Japara Healthcare Ltd (ASX: JHC) and Regis Healthcare Ltd (ASX: REG) went down by 1.06% and 3.68% respectively after receiving broker downgrades.
Here are some of today's top stories:
- We're Hiring!
- UBS points to 7 signs that housing slowdown could be worse than expected
- Is Livetiles Ltd (ASX:LVT) the best under-the-radar tech stock to buy?
- AVZ Minerals Ltd (ASX:AVZ) share price slammed on infrastructure worries
