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 7,162.50
- ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) higher 0.25% to 7,255.20
- AUD/USD at US 67 cents
- Gold at US$1,609.36 an ounce
- Brent Oil at US$59.27 a barrel
One of the best-performing ASX 200 shares today was Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (ASX: SXL) its share price rose around 12% after reporting its half-year result.
Another strong performer today was fund manager Perpetual Limited (ASX: PPT), its share price rose almost 11% after revealing its report.
Salary packaging business Smartgroup Corporation Ltd (ASX: SIQ) saw its share price jump 9.5% after reporting after the market had closed yesterday.
The share price of Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd (ASX: CCL) bubbled today, it rose around 8.5% after releasing its result.
Commodity company Iluka Resources Limited (ASX: ILU) saw its share price jump 7.1% after announcing its result to the market.
Logistics software business WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) saw its share price fall another 11.7% today after yesterday's crunching reaction to the report.
Property portal company Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (ASX: DHG) suffered a share price drop of 6.3% due to the release of its result.
Finally, the share price of City Chic Collective Ltd (ASX: CCX) climbed almost 11% after the retailer revealed a promising result.
Here are some of today's top stories:
