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) higher 0.01% to 6,547.10
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) lower 0.06% to 6,662.90
- AUD/USD at US 67 cents
- Gold at US$1,507.66 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$58.23 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was the Orora Ltd (ASX: ORA) share price which rose 13.9% after announcing it was selling its fibre business.
The Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: CUV) share price came back to earth by 13.7% after yesterday's meteoric rise.
Brambles Limited (ASX: BXB) gave out its trading update to investors today, sending the share price higher by 3.5%.
Investors sent the Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) share price slightly higher by 0.6% after the buy now, pay later company announced members of its new advisory board in the US.
The Harvey Norman Holdings Limited (ASX: HVN) share price fell around 5.5% today after going ex-dividend.
Netwealth Group Ltd (ASX: NWL) was another of today's top performers after releasing its quarterly funds under administration (FUA) numbers.
The share price of Polynovo Ltd (ASX: PNV) was another of today's top performers, it rose by 11.5%.
Finally, the share price of Resolute Mining Limited (ASX: RSG) fell by 11.2% today, marking a painful day for the gold miner.
Here are some of today's top stories:
