Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:TAH), which rose 15.82% or 0.560 points to trade at 4.100 at the close. Meanwhile, News Corp B DRC (ASX:NWS) added 13.66% or 2.60 points to end at 21.63 and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX:TWE) was up 9.92% or 0.790 points to 8.750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (ASX:NEC), which fell 2.97% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.290 at the close. CSR Ltd (ASX:CSR) declined 2.96% or 0.140 points to end at 4.590 and Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX:APT) was down 2.66% or 2.75 points to 100.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 845 to 425 and 317 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.40% to 19.741.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.75 to $1946.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.24% or 0.48 to hit $38.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.08% or 0.44 to trade at $40.49 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.20% to 0.7268, while AUD/JPY fell 0.22% to 75.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 92.535.