Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Gold, Information Technology and Health Care sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Spotless Fp (ASX:SPO), which rose 3.98% or 0.08 points to trade at 2.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Technology One Ltd (ASX:TNE) added 3.80% or 0.140 points to end at 3.820 and Dexus Property Group (ASX:DXS) was up 3.54% or 0.270 points to 7.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN), which fell 9.63% or 0.090 points to trade at 0.845 at the close. Woolworths Ltd (ASX:WOW) declined 9.54% or 3.24 points to end at 30.71 and Beadell Resources Ltd (ASX:BDR) was down 7.25% or 0.025 points to 0.320.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 331 to 257 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in Spotless Fp (ASX:SPO) rose to all time highs; rising 3.98% or 0.08 to 2.09. Shares in Technology One Ltd (ASX:TNE) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.80% or 0.140 to 3.820.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.83% to 13.608.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1209.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 1.69% or 0.81 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 0.75% or 0.46 to trade at $60.94 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7802, while AUD/JPY fell 0.18% to 93.00.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 95.16.