Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Friday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.25% to 6,143.80
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.25% to 6,252.30
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,195.90 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$76.56 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was lithium miner Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY), it went up nearly 10%. Other lithium miners were also strong performers today with Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) up by 9.2% and Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE) up by nearly 5% marking a strong day for the sector.
Another share that rose strongly was Sigma Healthcare Ltd (ASX: SIG), it recovered 7.5% today, gaining some of the value lost after its recent disappointing report where profit halved.
Investors are getting excited about Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (ASX: DMP), with the share price 4.5% higher today.
At the red end of the ASX was Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT), the hotshot share fell over 6% today after the AFR accused it of boosting its earnings with some 'nifty' accounting.
Data centre business Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT) dropped 4.2% today, making it the second worst fall in the ASX 200.
Finally, Nearmap Ltd (ASX: NEA) shares went up 3.6% today after coming out of a trading halt, it was in the halt due to a capital raising.
Here are some of today's top stories:
- ASIC is suing National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX:NAB) for the fees for no service scandal
- Why insurance stocks like Insurance Australia Group Ltd (ASX:IAG) could fall next week
- Donald Trump threatens to put a $200 billion bomb under share markets
- Uranium prices are rising, what stocks should you watch on the ASX?
