Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.06%

Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the IT , Healthcare and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.06%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC ), which rose 12.71% or 12.63 points to trade at 112.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:IFL ) added 7.28% or 0.22 points to end at 3.24 and Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:RMD ) was up 5.92% or 2.11 points to 37.73 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN ), which fell 4.98% or 1.79 points to trade at 34.12 at the close. Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:RWC ) declined 4.66% or 0.26 points to end at 5.32 and Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX:SUL ) was down 4.35% or 0.69 points to 15.18.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 563 to 535 and 464 ended unchanged.

Shares in Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:IFL ) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.28% or 0.22 to 3.24.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.44% to 12.49.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.25% or 6.85 to $2,742.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.26% or 0.18 to hit $70.37 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.22 to trade at $74.60 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY fell 0.35% to 100.47.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 103.89.

Source: Investing.com