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 0.002% to 6,268.40
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.03% to 6,351.90
- AUD/USD at US 74 cents
- Gold at US$1,244.55 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$73.94 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Mineral Resources Limited (ASX: MIN), it went up 5%.
WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) shares went up another 4.7% today, meaning it's gone up around 10% in just two days.
The Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC) share price finished the day up 1% and then announced a takeover bid in Europe.
Shares of Sydney Airport Holdings Ltd (ASX: SYD) went up 0.3% today despite receiving a broker downgrade.
One share to be heavily punished today was Integrated Research Limited (ASX: IRI), it dropped 18.5% after giving a disappointing guidance update for FY18.
Large miner Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO) finished the day down 0.14% after announcing it was selling its Grasberg stake for US$3.5 billion.
The Praemium Ltd (ASX: PPS) share price went up 5.6%, which was another increase on top of yesterday's strong gains thanks to reporting its funds under administration had passed $8 billion.
Finally, the share price of Rural Funds Group (ASX: RFF) climbed 1.5% after coming out of its trading halt due to announcing a capital raising to fund its feedlot acquisitions.
Here are some of today's top stories:
- Citigroup warns that Coles is posing a new threat to Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX:WOW)
- 5 reasons to buy Hansen Technologies Limited (ASX:HSN) shares today
- Telstra (ASX:TLS) & TPG Telecom Ltd reportedly set for 5G mobile bidding war
