Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and A-REITs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR), which rose 6.70% or 0.710 points to trade at 11.310 at the close. Meanwhile, Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP) added 4.01% or 2.155 points to end at 55.945 and Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) was up 3.45% or 0.110 points to 3.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were St Barbara Ltd (AX:SBM), which fell 6.51% or 0.185 points to trade at 2.655 at the close. Northern Star Resources Ltd (AX:NST) declined 6.03% or 0.290 points to end at 4.520 and Qantas Airways Ltd (AX:QAN) was down 4.47% or 0.26 points to 5.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 640 to 450 and 342 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 6.05% to 13.065.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.31 to $1217.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $46.11 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $48.42 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.17% to 0.7744, while AUD/JPY rose 0.22% to 87.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 95.50.