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 0.69% to 6,327.80
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.73% to 6,417.50
- AUD/USD at US 69 cents
- Gold at US$1,296.89 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$72.18 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) share price after the cloud accounting company reported its result today with it making a small profit in the second half of the year.
The share price of major ASX bank Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) dropped 4.2% as it went ex-dividend.
Investors got excited again about the Avita Medical Ltd (ASX: AVH) share price after a report said that Avita's offering is cost-saving or cost-neutral and results in a reduced length of hospital stay.
It was a bad day for shareholders of a couple of companies as they lowered profit guidance. The BWX Ltd (ASX: BWX) share price dropped 15% as the natural beauty business announced even lower profit expectations and another CEO.
The other business to suffer a downgrade was tourism business Experience Co Ltd (ASX: EXP) with the share price declining by 22% because tourist numbers falling.
At the red end of the ASX 200 was the McMillan Shakespeare Limited (ASX: MMS) share price which declined 4%.
The Lynas Corporation Ltd (ASX: LYC) share price had a strong day as it rose 6.8%.
Finally, the share price of Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL) climbed almost 5% as it received a positive broker upgrade.
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