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 0.58% to 6,716.10
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.57% to 6,824.10
- AUD/USD at US 68 cents
- Gold at US$1,499.31 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$62.27 a barrel
The best-performing ASX 200 share today was the Speedcast International Ltd (ASX: SDA) share price which climbed 16.9%.
The recovery of the share market sent gold miners into negative territory. The St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) share price fell by 3% and the Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited (ASX: SAR) share price dropped 2.8%.
Supermarket giant Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) is having a dispute with Arnott's and BWS is delivering on Uber Eats, sending the share price up 0.4%.
A potential US acquisition in the US sent the City Chic Collective Ltd (ASX: CCX) share price higher by 2%.
At the bottom of the ASX the share price of waste company Bingo Industries Ltd (ASX: BIN) dropped 3.5%.
The Idp Education Ltd (ASX: IEL) share price rose by 6.2% today, making it one of the ASX 200's best performers.
Finally, the share price of iSignthis Ltd (ASX: ISX) rose by 2.7%, recovering some of its lost ground.
Here are some of today's top stories:
