Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Friday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) higher 0.43% to 6,207.60
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.42% to 6,325.50
- AUD/USD at US 72 cents
- Gold at US$1,185.60 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$81.78 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was infection prevention business Nanosonics Ltd (ASX: NAN), its share price rose nearly 5% today.
Commissioner Hayne handed in his interim report this afternoon, which sent the share prices of the big banks up. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) share price was the best of the four, going up 1.9% by the end of the day and National Australia Bank Ltd. (ASX: NAB) shares gained 1.8%.
The share price of Speedcast International Limited (ASX: SDA) gave up most of its earlier gains, it fell 3.8% today.
Shares of robotic bricklaying business FBR Ltd (ASX: FBR) rose 12% after announcing it had completed its first Hadrian X.
Education business Navitas Limited (ASX:NVT) saw its share price rise 1.8% after announcing a new pathway college in the Netherlands.
Shares of investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) fell 1.3% with its current and ex CEOs allegedly 'suspects' in a criminal investigation.
Finally, vitamin business Blackmores Limited (ASX: BKL) was one of the major fallers today, the share price dropped 3.3%.
Here are some of today's top stories:
