Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Thursday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) higher 0.67% to 7,041.80
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.63% to 7,185.60
- AUD/USD at US 69 cents
- Gold at US$1,555.88 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$64.43 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was Polynovo Ltd (ASX: PNV), its share price went up almost 6%.
Excitement for the China – US trade deal sent the Challenger Ltd (ASX: CGF) share price up more than 5%.
The trade war truce was also good news for US-based technology business Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) which is generating a lot of growth in China, Altium's share price increased by 4.3% today.
An increase of global trade would also be good news for businesses connected to logistics, that's why the share price of WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) climbed 3.7%.
Retail company Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX: SUL) saw its share price dumped 5.6% after a negative broker note sent it downwards.
A trading update from Michael Hill International Ltd (ASX: MHJ) sent the share price down 1.4%.
An update about the takeover talks and news of the refiner margin sent the share price of Caltex Australia Limited (ASX: CTX) up 0.3%.
Finally, the share price of Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX: WHC) dropped 0.4% after releasing its quarterly report.
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