Australian shares higher in late trade; The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.43% Via Investing.com
Investing.com – Australian stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in , and sectors led shares higher.
Finally in Sydney, 0.43%.
The musicians who performed best in the session were Appen Ltd (ASX:), which was up 6.90% or 0.14 points to trade at 2.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:) added 6.76% or 3.24 points to end at 51.18 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:) was up 4.48% or 0.02 points to end at 51.18. 0.35 in late trading.
They did the worst in the session Fletcher Building Ltd (ASX:), was down 2.43% or 0.07 points to trade at 2.81 at the close. Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:) declined 1.64% or 0.06 points to end at 3.59 and Ansell Ltd (ASX:) declined 2.20% or 0.72 points to 32.04.
Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 619 to 474 and 453 ended unchanged.
which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, fell 2.63% to 11.58.
Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.22% or 5.80 to $2,631.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude oil for November delivery rose 0.85% or 0.62 to $73.86 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.61 to trade at $77.19 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged at 0.28% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.26% to 100.57.
US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.01% at 102.69.
