Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Thursday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.37% to 5,864.70
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.23% to 5,937.30
- AUD/USD at US 73 cents
- Gold at US$1,318.99 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$62.18 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Xero Limited (ASX: XRO), the cloud-based accounting software company's share price increased by 8.8% as positivity continues to return with growth shares.
Shares of Beach Energy Limited (ASX: BPT) increased by 5.6% after the oil company increased its guidance for FY19 production.
The Syrah Resources Ltd (ASX: SYR) share price plunged another 10% today as investors reacted negatively again to yesterday's December quarterly report.
Infant formula business Bubs Australia Ltd (ASX: BUB) saw its share price rise more than 23% today after impressing with strong sales growth.
The share price of Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) fell by 2.5% after Optus announced a 5G-enabled broadband plan.
Shares of Duxton Water Ltd (ASX: D2O) went up 4.3% after the company announced its dividend intentions for 2019.
The Freelancer Ltd (ASX: FLN) share price went up 9.4% after revealing a record December 2018 quarter.
Finally, the Getswift Ltd (ASX: GSW) share price dropped 11.1% today as investors reacted to its latest quarter result, which was announced yesterday after the market closed.
Here are some of today's top stories:
