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) higher 0.53% to 5,928.20
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.57% to 6,015.80
- AUD/USD at US 73 cents
- Gold at US$1,228.05 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$72.01 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Eclipx Group Ltd (ASX: ECX), its share price rose 16.1% after announcing it would merge with McMillan Shakespeare Limited (ASX: MMS). However, McMillan shares dropped 6.4% in response.
Shares of REA Group Limited (ASX: REA) rose 8% after it reported a strong quarter of revenue growth.
The share price of Corporate Travel Management Ltd (ASX: CTD) rose 15% after coming back to trade after responding to the short seller response.
Buy now, pay later business Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) shares rose 11% after reporting its progress in the US, Australia and the UK.
The Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) share price rose 1.8% after it handed in its half year report.
Pipeline owner APA Group (ASX: APA) shares fell nearly 10% after Josh Frydenberg said that it was likely to block the overseas-based bid due to the national interest.
Finally, investors sent the share price of Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (ASX: DMP) down 10.7% after holding its AGM yesterday.
Here are some of today's top stories:
- Why I think the Duxton Water Ltd (ASX:D2O) share price is a buy
- US litigant claims Cochlear Ltd (ASX:COH) can't escape US$268 million fine
- China reported to be changing cross border e-commerce rules for ASX companies again
- Is the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:CBA) about to undertake a capital return?
