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 0.30% to 6,169.00
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.31% to 6,252.70
- AUD/USD at US 71 cents
- Gold at US$1,318.50 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$66.14 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was Bingo Industries Ltd (ASX: BIN) after the waste collections business received approval from the ACCC to go ahead with the Dial-A-Dump acquisition.
Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC) revealed its December 2018 half-year result today showing a slight profit increase and another dividend hike.
The Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO) share price went up more than 1% today with it announcing its large special dividend.
Investors weren't feeling clucky about the Inghams Group Ltd (ASX: ING) result, which sent the share price down over 8%.
Bubs Australia Ltd (ASX: BUB) shares dropped 5.1% today despite reporting a huge increase in revenue.
The share price of Paragon Care Ltd (ASX: PGC) ended the day flat after reporting a flat dividend, organic continuing business revenue growth and an overall loss due to the capital business that Paragon plans to divest.
Shares of WAM Global Limited (ASX: WGB) also were flat after the LIC reported its December 2018 result.
Finally, the Amaysim Australia Ltd (ASX: AYS) share price plunged 13.2% after the telco returned to trade following its capital raising announcement.
Here are some of today's top stories:
