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 0.91% to 6,606.80
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.89% to 6,721.90
- AUD/USD at US 68 cents
- Gold at US$1,494.40 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$59.52 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was the Silver Lake Resources Limited. (ASX: SLR) share price which rose by 12.5% after announcing its quarterly activities report.
The Hub24 Ltd (ASX: HUB) share price increased by 3.4% as the financial technology business announced more growth in its September 2019 update.
The share price of Perpetual Limited (ASX: PPT) dropped 0.6% as it announced its quarterly funds under management (FUM) update.
Fellow fund manager Pendal Group Ltd (ASX: PDL) reported lower FUM through the September 2019 quarter, but its share price ended flat.
Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES) subsidiary Bunnings made an acquisition, the Wesfarmers share price rise by 0.8% on general market positivity.
The share price of Netwealth Group Ltd (ASX: NWL) fell by 5.5% today, losing the gains it made yesterday.
One of today's biggest gains belonged to the CYBG Plc (ASX: CYB) share price which rose by 9.4%.
Finally, the Magellan High Conviction Trust (ASX: MHH) launched today, though the share price was unmoved at $1.50.
Here are some of today's top stories:
