Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) shares and South32 Ltd (ASX: S32) led the Australian S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO)(ASX: XJO) index slightly lower on Thursday.
Here are the shares which moved the market.
Biggest Gainers
- Auckland International Airport Ltd (ASX: AIA) – up 1.8%
- Transurban Group (ASX: TCL) – up 1.5%
- Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) – up 1%
- Netwealth Ltd (ASX: NWL) – up 6.4%
- DuluxGroup Limited (ASX: DLX) – up 1.8%
Biggest Losers
- Commonwealth Bank – down 0.3%
- South32 – down 2.5%
- Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC) – down 1.6%
- Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX: WHC) – down 6.2%
- Pilbara Minerals Limited (ASX: PLS) – down 5.6%
Amongst the Big Four banks, Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) was the best performer while CBA shares ended 0.3% lower.
BHP Billiton Limited (ASX: BHP) ended slightly higher at $30.78 per share following the release of its latest six-month operational report this morning. The ‘Big Australian’ reported a slight fall in iron ore production but a boost in copper output. Read more here. Earlier this week, Rio Tinto reported its latest quarterly production results.
Whitehaven Coal shares ended lower following its quarterly production report. The $4.8 billion miner reported mostly flat production levels compared to the corresponding period last year.
Finally, shares of the recently-listed Netwealth rose after the financial services company released its quarterly update. Netwealth revealed that its ‘funds under administration’ or FUA rose $1.7 billion.
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