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) higher 0.52% to 6,215.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.47% to 6,302.90
- AUD/USD at US 74 cents
- Gold at US$1,253.97 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$77.82 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Sydney Airport Holdings Ltd (ASX: SYD), the airport operator went up by 3.5%.
At the other end of the performance table, infant formula business Bellamy's Australia Ltd (ASX: BAL) declined by 9.6% on China worries.
Another share to suffer a major fall was Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (ASX: DMP), it dropped by 9.1% after a broker downgrade.
The share price of Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) went up by 0.1% today after announcing a new petrol and food deal with Caltex Australia Limited (ASX: CTX), the petrol company finished up 0.3%.
Shares of a2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M) declined by 0.1% after announcing more details of its new CEO's remuneration.
The Carsales.Com Ltd (ASX: CAR) share price fell by 3.4% after the online car portal business announced a new debt facility after the market closed yesterday.
Finally, Resolute Mining Limited (ASX: RSG) was another top performer today as the gold miner went up 3.3%.
Here are some of today's top stories:
