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 0.89% to 6,300.20
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.85% to 6,391.50
- AUD/USD at US 74 cents
- Gold at US$1,229.90 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$74.34 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC), the logistics tech company went up by 4%.
At the other end of performance table was St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM), the gold miner dropped by 12.2%. Another gold miner to fall was Evolution Mining Limited (ASX: EVN) which declined by 4.6%.
Another share to fall heavily was AMP Limited (ASX: AMP), the diversified financial business fell 5.2% after announcing compensation and changes.
Resource business Sandfire Resources NL (ASX: SFR) also fell heavily, its shares declined 8.3%.
The MFF Capital Investments Ltd (ASX: MFF) share price went up by 0.4% after reporting its full-year result for FY18.
BHP Billiton Limited (ASX: BHP) shares rose by 2.3% after announcing the US$10.8 billion sale of its US shale assets.
Finally, Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX: TWE) dropped 2.5% lower today after Goldman Sachs issued a negative broker note that implied it could fall by more than 20% from today's price.
Here are some of today's top stories:
