Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Thursday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.01% to 6,351.80
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.05% to 6,460.50
- AUD/USD at US 73 cents
- Gold at US$1,204.65 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$77.45 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX: TPM), it shot up another 18% today after it was confirmed it would merge with Vodafone Hutchinson Australia. The Hutchison Telecommunications (Aus) Ltd (ASX: HTA) share price rose 44%.
Shares of private hospital operator Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC) fell 6.3% after reporting a troubling FY18 and guiding for an even tougher FY19.
The share price of Perpetual Limited (ASX: PPT) rose 3.5% today after reporting its FY18 result, which saw fund net outflows.
Shares of resource business Sandfire Resources NL (ASX: SFR) rose 8.6% today after revealing its FY18 report.
The share price of Transurban Group (ASX: TCL) grew by 1.3% after it got the green light from the ACCC to bid for WestConnex.
RPMGlobal Holdings Ltd (ASX: RUL) shares fell 6.25% after reporting its FY18 result.
Finally, MotorCycle Holdings Ltd (ASX: MTO) shares rose 10.6% after reporting its FY18 figures.
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