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 0.55% to 6,456.00
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.59% to 6,545.60
- AUD/USD at US 69 cents
- Gold at US$1,284.51 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$68.34 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Ansell Limited (ASX: ANN) share price which rose around 3.5% with a broker upgrade.
Aged care business Estia Health Ltd's (ASX: EHE) share price declined 3% in reaction to it downgrading profit expectations for FY19.
The worst performer in the ASX 200 was the Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX: GXY) share price which dropped 6.5% on worries about the lithium price. Fellow lithium miner Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) also saw its share price decline 5.7%.
Oil businesses took a battering after a swift decline of the oil price. The Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT) share price fell over 5%.
The share price of Advance Nanotek Ltd (ASX: ANO) jumped another 20.4% on exciting expectations for FY20.
The Gentrack Group Ltd (ASX: GTK) share price dropped 3.5% after the software company reported its March 2019 result.
Finally, the share price of Corporate Travel Management Ltd (ASX: CTD) dropped almost 5% on rumours it could merge with Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd (ASX: FLT), which saw its share price rise by 0.4%.
Here are some of today's top stories:
