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 0.25% to 6,584.40
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.32% to 6,663.40
- AUD/USD at US 68 cents
- Gold at US$1,502.78 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$57.49 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the James Hardie Industries plc (ASX: JHX) share price which rose by 14% with investors impressed by what it reported.
Investors were also pleased by yesterday's result reveal and the strategy of AMP Limited (ASX: AMP), sending the share price higher by 11.6%.
The lithium mining sector had another strong day, sending the share price of Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE) up by 10.3%.
Despite the rapidly rising gold price, gold miners actually had a negative day. The Resolute Mining Limited (ASX: RSG) share price dropped by 3.2%.
The market was impressed by the FY19 report released by REA Group Limited (ASX: REA), its share price rose by 5.6%.
An inquiry into Crown Resorts Ltd (ASX: CWN) was announced yesterday, causing the share price to fall by 1.3% today.
The share price of Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) ended the day up 6.1% as it announced Afterpay Day for the US market.
Finally, the share price of Cimic Group Ltd (ASX: CIM) rose 0.6% after the class action against UGL reached conditional settlement.
Here are some of today's top stories:
