Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Thursday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.01% to 6,328.30
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.05% to 6,412.60
- AUD/USD at US 73 cents
- Gold at US$1,174.00 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$71.15 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Breville Group Ltd (ASX: BRG), it went up by 12.5% after cooking up good profit growth for investors.
Insurance giant QBE Insurance Group Ltd (ASX: QBE) shares finished up 6.8% after reporting its result.
The Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) share price went up 5.9% as investors warmed to what it reported.
InvoCare Limited (ASX: IVC) shares fell by 8.8% today with investors displeased regarding its result and guidance for the full year.
Another share dropped hard today was Iluka Resources Limited (ASX: ILU), the resource company's report sent the share price down 7.7%.
The share price of ASX Ltd (ASX: ASX) climbed 0.5% today in response to the exchange's result.
REIT farm landlord Rural Funds Group (ASX: RFF) finished flat today after revealing its FY18 result.
Finally, the share price of Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX: TWE) climbed 4.5% today as investors celebrated the winemaker's result.
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