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 0.10% to 6,234.80
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.02% to 6,326.40
- AUD/USD at US 74 cents
- Gold at US$1,206.13 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$73.23 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Appen Ltd (ASX: APX), the AI-related tech company was up 6.5%.
Shares of Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) are also up 6.5% after publishing its definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Stage 2 5Mtpa Pilgangoora Lithium-Tantalum project.
The share prices of other technology businesses also went up strongly. Cloud accounting business Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) went up 4% and Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) increased 4.1%.
Crown Resorts Ltd (ASX: CWN) shares are down 0.15% after passing the casino licence review.
The NIB Holdings Limited (ASX: NHF) share price decreased 0.4% and QBE Insurance Group Ltd (ASX: QBE) shares finished flat after QBE sold its travel insurance business to NIB.
Shares of ResMed Inc. (ASX: RMD) rose by 0.35% after reporting its FY18 result.
Finally, the largest fall on the ASX 200 was rare earth miner Lynas Corporation Ltd (ASX: LYC) fell by 4.9%.
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