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 0.25% to 6,654.90
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.20% to 6,765.70
- AUD/USD at US 69 cents
- Gold at US$1,497.02 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$61.15 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (ASX: SXL) share price which rose by almost 5%.
Promising developments in the trade war between the US and China saw the Blackmores Limited (ASX: BKL) share price grow by 4%. The Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) share price was another to grow today, going up by 2.7%.
The profit growth wasn't enough in the FY19 report of Synlait Milk Ltd (ASX: SM1), sending the share price down by 12%.
It was an even more painful day for the iSignthis Ltd (ASX: ISX) share price which fell 34% today.
The share price of TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX: TPM) rose another 0.6% as the court case to merge with Vodafone continues.
A sale of shares of Volpara Health Technologies Ltd (ASX: VHT) by early investors and directors saw the share price finish flat for the day.
Finally, the share price of Nanosonics Ltd. (ASX: NAN) dropped by 5.2%.
Here are some of today's top stories:
