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 0.36% to 6,793.40
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.33% to 6,879.30
- AUD/USD at US 69 cents
- Gold at US$1,414.84 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$63.56 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the share price of Mineral Resources Limited (ASX: MIN) which climbed 8% after its release of the June 2019 quarter numbers.
It was also a good day for the share price of healthcare company ResMed Inc (ASX: RMD) which released its fourth quarter result, and also showed how much it earned in the year to June 2019.
The share price of Bank of Queensland Limited (ASX: BOQ) rose 0.2% in response to its reported capital position report.
The Cann Group Ltd (ASX: CAN) share price fell 2.3% despite announcing it has secured manufacturing licences for existing facilities.
Healthcare software business Volpara Health Technologies Ltd (ASX: VHT) revealed a first quarter trading update which sent its share price higher by 1.7%.
At the bottom of the ASX 200 performance table was the Speedcast International Ltd (ASX: SDA) share price which fell 8.4%.
Legal firm IPH Ltd (ASX: IPH) suffered a share price decline of around 5% after the latest stage of the takeover story of Xenith IP Group Ltd (ASX: XIP) where the share price dropped 2.9%.
Here are some of today's top stories:
