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 0.38% to 5,865.70
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.37% to 5,930.50
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,281.85 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$61.71 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was salary packaging business McMillan Shakespeare Limited (ASX: MMS) which rose by 5.2%.
Shares of Greencross Limited (ASX: GXL) rose 0.4% after the pet business declared a special dividend for the remaining shareholders before the takeover is completed.
The Santos Ltd (ASX: STO) share price rose 3.9% because it announced its December 2018 report.
Lithium company Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY) saw its share price drop 6.25% after it also announced its December 2018 update to investors.
The Coles Group Limited (ASX: COL) share price declined 1.1% after revealing what the cost of its new automated warehouses will be.
The share price of Livetiles Ltd (ASX: LVT) rose another 5.3% today because the technology business announced another product with Microsoft.
Shares of National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB) ended the day 0.3% higher after raising interest rates for loan holders.
Finally, AVZ Minerals Ltd (ASX: AVZ) shares dropped 22.4% today after returning to trade.
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