ALL ORDINARIES finishes lower Thursday: 8 shares you missed

The S&P/ASX 200 (Index:^AXJO)(ASX:XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index:^AXAO) (ASX:XAO) finished lower on Thursday.

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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) higher 0.05% to 6,259.80
  • ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.01% to 6,349.90
  • AUD/USD at US 72 cents
  • Gold at US$1,272.20 an ounce
  • Brent Oil at US$71.61 a barrel

The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX: WHC) share price which has gone up 6.4%.

The Kogan.com Ltd (ASX: KGN) share price ended the day up 20% after announcing a number of positives in its March 2019 update. The Eclipx Group Ltd (ASX: ECX) share price increased nearly 3% as investors read about its involvement with Kogan Cars.

The share price of Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY) plunged 11.6% as investors learned of the lithium business' Sal de Vida negotiation efforts.

The Audinate Ltd (ASX: AD8) share price dropped 5.4% after issuing a trading update which disappointed investors.

The share price of Bubs Australia Ltd (ASX: BUB) rose 10% today with the infant formula company announcing a partnership with Chemist Warehouse.

News of record quarterly inflows was not enough to stop the Hub24 Ltd (ASX: HUB) share price falling by 1.7% today.

Finally, the National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB) share price rose 0.1% despite the big four ASX bank disclosing another round of costly customer remediation charges.

Here are some of today's top stories:

Tristan Harrison has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia's parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. owns shares of Hub24 Ltd. The Motley Fool Australia owns shares of and has recommended AUDINATEGL FPO. The Motley Fool Australia owns shares of National Australia Bank Limited. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended BUBS AUST FPO, Hub24 Ltd, and Kogan.com ltd. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

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