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) lower 0.33% to 6,194.60
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.26% to 6,289.70
- AUD/USD at US 74 cents
- Gold at US$1,252.80 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$77.77 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) after receiving an upgrade from Goldman Sachs, Afterpay went up nearly 9%.
Another of the top-performing shares was Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (ASX: MYX), it went up by 4.2% after Amazon acquired an online pharmacy business.
The share price of Credit Corp Group Limited (ASX: CCP) is down 3.6% as investors weigh up the points of a negative report about the debt collector company.
Shares of Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH) went up 2.4%, making it pass the $200 mark again. Fellow globally-focused blue chip Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) dropped by 2.4%.
Fintech business Praemium Ltd (ASX: PPS) finished the day up 3.5% after announcing a 5-year deal with CMC Markets.
The Gentrack Group Ltd (ASX: GTK) share price finished the day flat after announcing investors could expect a good FY19.
Finally, shares of LiveTiles Ltd (ASX: LVT) went up nearly 8% after it won the 2018 Microsoft US Partner of the Year Award for Modern Workplace Transformation.
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