Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Friday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 0.96% to 6,203.80
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.90% to 6,287.10
- AUD/USD at US 70 cents
- Gold at US$1,289.48 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$65.79 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was buy now, pay later company Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) which rose by 3%.
Gold miners had a pretty strong day due to the market falling. The best two performers in the ASX 200 were Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN) going up by 1.75% and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) rising 1.7%.
Wind farm company Infigen Energy Ltd (ASX: IFN) saw its share price drop 6.5% on the news it was being ejected from the ASX 200.
The InvoCare Limited (ASX: IVC) share price was unmoved today because the funeral operator's shares went into a trading halt because of a capital raising.
Shares of Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX: MFG) fell 2.1% despite revealing an impressive increase of its funds under management (FUM) during February 2019.
Ardent Leisure Ltd (ASX: ALG) shares fell 5.6% today, making it one of the worst performers in the ASX 200.
Finally, the share price of resource company Syrah Resources Ltd (ASX: SYR) dropped 5.7% today.
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