Australia's S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished higher on Friday.
Here's a short recap of the Australian market:
- S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) higher 0.50% to 6,751.30
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.45% to 6,831.80
- AUD/USD at US 70 cents
- Gold at US$1,414.03 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$63.19 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Eclipx Group Ltd (ASX: ECX) share price which rose by 20.6%.
At the opposite end of the performance table was the share price of Speedcast International Ltd (ASX: SDA) which fell 4.8% as it re-iterated it wouldn't be the sole recipient of revenue from the US contract it won.
The Costa Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: CGC) share price dropped around 1% on the announced retirement of Frank Costa from the board.
APRA ended the 7% interest rate lending buffer today, leading the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) share price to rise by 0.85% and the Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) share price going up by 0.35%.
The share price of Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX: MFG) rose another 1.7% today as it revealed its June 2019 funds under management (FUM) and estimated performance fees.
The Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) share price fell more than 4% as the iron ore price fell.
Finally, the share price of Western Areas Ltd (ASX: WSA) rose 4.6% thanks to announcing early works at the Odysseus Project has been completed on plan and budget.
Here are some of today's top stories:
