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 0.33% to 6,169.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.32% to 6,276.80
- AUD/USD at US 73 cents
- Gold at US$1,204.45 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$79.73 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was lithium miner Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS), it share price went up 6.9% today. Fellow lithium peers Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY) and Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE) went up 4.1% and 5.5% respectively.
A few businesses reported today. Investors were most disappointed with Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Co. Ltd (ASX: SOL), its share price fell 6.3% today on its FY18 result.
Brickworks Limited (ASX: BKW) shares dropped 5.4% today after sharing its FY18 report with the market this morning.
Retail business Premier Investments Limited (ASX: PMV) shares fell 2.3% today despite reporting strong growth for Smiggle in its FY18 result.
Gold miners had a strong today with Evolution Mining Limited (ASX: EVN) being the strongest performer today, its share price went up by 6.4%.
Finally, the share price of Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) fell 1.4% today after raising the price of milk plus continued needle-in-fruit news.
Here are some of today's top stories:
