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 0.55% to 6.735.10
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.48% to 6,838.10
- AUD/USD at US 68 cents
- Gold at US$1,464.46 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$62.71 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was the Nearmap Ltd (ASX: NEA) share price which went up 15% after holding its AGM and giving an update.
The Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) share price has gone up 8% after the buy now, pay later company gave a business update yesterday.
Nanosonics Ltd (ASX: NAN) saw its share price rise by 6% today, hitting an all-time high.
It was a bad day for the G8 Education Ltd (ASX: GEM) share price which fell 17.8% today after providing a trading update and announcing the sale of some centres.
The BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) share price rose 0.05% after announcing who the new CEO will be.
The share price of Emeco Holdings Limited (ASX: EHL) rose 10.2% today after giving a market update to investors.
Car dealership company AP Eagers Ltd (ASX: APE) experienced an 8% share price fall after giving a trading update of tough conditions.
Finally, the share price of Helloworld Travel Ltd (ASX: HLO) rose 1.4% after holding its AGM.
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