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 0.58% to 5,758.40
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.61% to 5,835.70
- AUD/USD at US 73 cents
- Gold at US$1,215.00 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$59.17 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was buy now, pay later business Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT), its share price rise by another 8.7%. It has been a huge week for the millennial-focused business, it's up 23% since the start of the week.
Another tech share to get a large boost today has been Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) thanks to the US Fed's more conservative comments, its share price went up 8.6%.
At the red end of the ASX 200, Bingo Industries Ltd (ASX: BIN) shares went down 5.3% after the ACCC had identified concerns with its acquisition of Dial-a-Dump.
The Bellamy's Australia Ltd (ASX: BAL) share price fell 4.3% today after giving the market an investor presentation.
Shares of Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL) went down 2.6% today after revealing its full year result to investors.
The Gentrack Group Ltd (ASX: GTK) share price dropped 7.7% after the software company released its FY18 result saying that some energy retailer clients were holding off on projects.
The share price of Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (ASX: MYX) fell 4.3% today after holding its AGM and gave a FY19 update.
Finally, the Bapcor Ltd (ASX: BAP) share price rose 2% after announcing that it was acquiring a group of truck parts businesses.
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