ALL ORDINARIES (All Ords) finishes higher Friday: 8 shares you missed

The S&P/ASX 200 (Index:^AXJO)(ASX:XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index:^AXAO) (ASX:XAO) finished higher on Friday.

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Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Friday.

Here's a short recap of the Australian market:

  • S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) higher 0.42% to 5,681.50
  • ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.37% to 5,757.90
  • AUD/USD at US 72 cents
  • Gold at US$1,238.00 an ounce
  • Brent Oil at US$59.65 a barrel

The best-performing ASX 200 share today was casino operator Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX: SGR), its share price rose by 5.3%.

It was a terrible day for IOOF Holdings Limited (ASX: IFL), its share price plunged 36% after announcing APRA was seeking to punish most of the IOOF management team. The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX: ANZ) share price rose 0.2% in response to the IOOF developments.

The Coles Group Limited (ASX: COL) share price rose 4.1% today, making it one of the top-performing ASX blue chips.

Shares of Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG) went up 3.1% after holding an investor day and criticising the government's policies.

The share price of Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Co. Ltd (ASX: SOL) rose 3.4%, it held its AGM today re-iterating how well it has done in recent years.

Adelaide Brighton Ltd (ASX: ABC) shares dropped 9.5% after surprising the market with a profit downgrade with projects in South Australia and Western Australia not going as well as hoped.

Finally, the Jumbo Interactive Ltd (ASX: JIN) share price finished the day up 3.7% after giving guidance about what the December half-year result is likely to show.

Here are some of today's top stories:

Tristan Harrison owns shares of Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company Limited. The Motley Fool Australia's parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. owns shares of Jumbo Interactive Limited. The Motley Fool Australia owns shares of and has recommended Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company Limited. The Motley Fool Australia owns shares of COLESGROUP DEF SET. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

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