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 0.14% to 5,849.20
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.17% to 5,935.80
- AUD/USD at US 72 cents
- Gold at US$1,233.92 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$73.36 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was lithium miner Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY), it finished up 13.2%.
In-fact, it was a good day for the whole lithium industry. Shares of Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE) rose 12.6% and peer Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) also went up 8.2%.
Shares of Orica Ltd (ASX: ORI) exploded 6.4% higher today after reporting a strong second half to its FY18 result.
It was another punishing day for shareholders of Corporate Travel Management Ltd (ASX: CTD) with the travel business falling 9% due to the short seller attack, despite a recovery yesterday.
Construction business CSR Limited (ASX: CSR) fell almost 7% today with the property downturn starting to have an effect.
Global fund managers Janus Henderson Group (ASX: JHG) finished the day down 3.7% after reporting its latest quarter wasn't as strong as the previous one.
Finally, the share price of Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) climbed 3.9% after reporting more profit growth in its half-year report.
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