Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Financials and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME), which rose 3.79% or 2.11 points to trade at 57.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Washington H Soul Pattinson&Co Ltd (ASX:SOL) added 3.34% or 1.04 points to end at 32.16 and Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (ASX:CTD) was up 3.09% or 0.67 points to 22.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX:TPG), which fell 8.61% or 0.570 points to trade at 6.050 at the close. Codan Ltd (ASX:CDA) declined 4.70% or 0.46 points to end at 9.32 and Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) was down 4.22% or 0.34 points to 7.71.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 707 to 701 and 371 ended unchanged.
Shares in Codan Ltd (ASX:CDA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.70% or 0.46 to 9.32. Shares in Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.22% or 0.34 to 7.71.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.51% to 14.663.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.49% or 8.55 to $1771.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.09% or 1.39 to hit $67.89 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 1.39 to trade at $71.06 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.43% to 0.7063, while AUD/JPY fell 0.26% to 80.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.275.