Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Gold, IT and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Boral Ltd. (ASX:BLD), which rose 6.74% or 0.370 points to trade at 5.860 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) added 5.68% or 0.63 points to end at 11.72 and Perenti Global Ltd (ASX:PRN) was up 4.93% or 0.050 points to 1.065 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Webjet Ltd (ASX:WEB), which fell 5.38% or 0.30 points to trade at 5.28 at the close. Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) declined 2.83% or 0.050 points to end at 1.715 and Mirvac Group (ASX:MGR) was down 2.40% or 0.06 points to 2.44.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 784 to 530 and 356 ended unchanged.
Shares in Boral Ltd. (ASX:BLD) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.74% or 0.370 to 5.860.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.32% to 11.897.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.19% or 3.20 to $1718.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.50% or 0.89 to hit $60.05 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.85 to trade at $63.59 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.53% to 0.7556, while AUD/JPY fell 0.53% to 83.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.227.