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 0.61% to 6,273.00
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.52% to 6,359.00
- AUD/USD at US 74 cents
- Gold at US$1,216.80 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$73.45 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Sigma Healthcare Ltd (ASX: SIG), its share price went up 8%.
Another healthcare share to do well today was NIB Holdings Limited (ASX: NHF), the private health insurer got a boost from broker Ord Minnett.
The Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY) share price went up 3.3% after POSCO said it could complete the next stage of the sale agreement earlier than expected.
At the red end of the ASX was Seek Limited (ASX: SEK), it fell by 8.8% after announcing write-downs and guidance for FY18 & FY19.
Credit Corp Group Limited (ASX: CCP) was another to fall, it dropped 2.5% today, meant meant losing some of the gains it created after its report.
The share price of FlexiGroup Limited (ASX: FXL) fell 13.6% today after its CEO resigned unexpectedly.
Fund manager Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX: MFG) climbed 1% today after revealing that net inflows during July were almost $100 million.
Finally, Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) shares dropped another 2.5% today with its shares being quite volatile in recent weeks.
Here are some of today's top stories:
