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 0.83% to 6,181.30
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.79% to 6,270.60
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,289.37 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$69.28 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) share price, it rose by 3.8% after receiving a broker upgrade.
The AP Eagers Ltd (ASX: APE) share price ended the day 5.6% higher after lobbing an all-share takeover offer for car dealership competitor Automotive Holdings Group Ltd (ASX: AHG), the AHG share price rose more than 20% in response.
Another business on the rise today was the Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (ASX: DHG) share price which gained 3.7% after a solid day yesterday.
The share prices of Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) and Coles Group Limited (ASX: COL) fell 0.9% and 0.5% respectively after investors learned they were battling global giants which want to increase prices.
Software company Bravura Solutions Ltd (ASX: BVS) saw its share price decline 4.8% today.
Finally, machine learning technology company Appen Ltd's (ASX: APX) share price suffered a 4.2% drop today.
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