Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Monday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) higher 0.97% to 6,467.40
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 1.00% to 6,550.50
- AUD/USD at US 68 cents
- Gold at US$1,507.96 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$59.32 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Smartgroup Corporation Ltd (ASX: SIQ) share price which rose by 21% after last week's result.
Another business to see its share price perform well today belonged to Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT), it climbed 11.4% thanks to its released report.
The Lendlease Group (ASX: LLC) share price went up almost 11% with investors pleased by what they read in the FY19 report.
The share price of Netwealth Group Ltd (ASX: NWL) rose by 3.6% after revealing its FY19 report to investors.
It was a painful day for the shareholders of BlueScope Steel Limited (ASX: BSL), its report sent the share price down by over 8%.
The share price of NIB Holdings Limited (ASX: NHF) fell 6.3% after reporting its result but warning of likely lower profit margins in FY20.
The Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) share price rose 5% in anticipation of the release of the FY19 result.
Finally, the share price of gold miner Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited (ASX: SAR) fell over 5% after reporting.
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