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 0.04% to 6,335.80
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.04% to 6,427.20
- AUD/USD at US 70 cents
- Gold at US$1,271.19 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$70.54 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the ResMed Inc (ASX: RMD) share price which rose almost 10% after the healthcare company released its result.
At the opposite end of the ASX was the Janus Henderson Group (ASX: JHG) share price which fell 12% as investors had a chance to react to its report after it was released yesterday after market close.
The lithium sector had another strong day today with the Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) share price up 9% and the Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE) share price up 7.2%.
Today's profit result looked quite good for the Aussie investment bank, but it was the expectations of lower profit in FY20 that sent the Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) share price down 5.4%.
The Bravura Solutions Ltd (ASX: BVS) share price dropped 4.8% today after returning to trade because of its plan to do a capital raising, but GBST Holdings Limited (ASX: GBT) also issued an announcement relating to the proposed acquisition, which sent the GBST share price down almost 3%.
Finally, the share price of Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT) share price dropped nearly 3% because of the falling oil price.
Here are some of today's top stories:
- Berkshire Hathaway has bought Amazon shares, should you copy Warren Buffett?
- I guarantee these stats will scare the hell out of big bank shareholders
- Is it 'different this time', or is there pain ahead for ASX tech stocks?
- Macquarie Group warns the market's got it wrong on the Woolworths share price
