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Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 1.88% By Investing.com

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 1.88%

Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the gained 1.88%.

The best performers of the session on the were Orica Ltd (ASX:), which rose 14.53% or 1.750 points to trade at 13.790 at the close. Meanwhile, Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:) added 9.12% or 0.125 points to end at 1.495 and Codan Ltd (ASX:) was up 6.51% or 0.78 points to 12.77 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:), which fell 2.69% or 0.045 points to trade at 1.625 at the close. AusNet Services Ltd. (ASX 🙂 dropped 1.56% or 0.04 points to finish at 2.520. AGL Energy Ltd. was also down 1.53%, or 0.09 points, to 5,78.

By 862 to 5,27 declining stocks on the Sydney Stock Exchange were outnumbered by rising ones, and 385 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 9.95% to 12.458.

The December delivery of Gold Futures was up by 0.53%, or 9.15 to $1732.05 per troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil rose 0.14 percent to $74.97 per barrel in November, and the December Brent oil contract increased 0.10 to $78.17 per barrel.

The Australian Dollar Index Futures was 0.45% higher at 0.7207 and the AUD/JPY increased 0.42% to 80.867.

US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.05% to 94.302.

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