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) lower 0.74% to 6,392.10
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.73% to 6,489.20
- AUD/USD at US 69 cents
- Gold at US$1,277.94 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$69.84 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Syrah Resources Ltd (ASX: SYR) share price which climbed more than 12%.
The big news of the day was a profit downgrade which sent the share price of Costa Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: CGC) down by 27.4%.
The Worleyparsons Limited (ASX: WOR) share price dropped 5% despite the company announcing two contract wins over the past two days.
The share price of Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) fell 0.7% on analysis that the big banks could lose some of their revenue to the big US technology companies.
The Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) share price fell 0.3% even though we learned that the big supermarkets have a plan to use data to outperform Aldi.
The share price of Thorn Group Ltd (ASX: TGA) rose 5.4% today after giving an update about its strategic review.
The Mesoblast Limited (ASX: MSB) share price declined 2% today after announced it had filed the first component of a rolling submission for a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the US FDA.
Finally, the share price of vitamin and supplements business Blackmores Limited (ASX: BKL) rose 6.1%.
Here are some of today's top stories:
