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Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.02% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.02%

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

After the Sydney closing, the index rose by 0.02% and reached a new 1-month peak.

Perpetual Ltd. (ASX) was the best performer of the session, rising 7.79% to trade at 41.38. Cimic Group Ltd., (ASX 🙂 increased 5.85% (or 1.21 points) to trade at 21.88. Healius Ltd. was also up 4.40% (or 0.200 points) to 4.750.

These were the worst performers of the session. Flight Centre Ltd (ASX :), fell 5.82% (1.26 points) to close at 20.39 Super Retail Group Ltd. (ASX:), fell 4.38% (0.58 points) to finish at 12.65 A2 Milk Company Ltd The ASX: was 0.26 points lower at 7.13, or 3.52%.

The Sydney Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 737 to 664, and 403 ended the same.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 2.70% to 12.265.

The December delivery of Gold Futures was lower by 0.05%, or 0.95, to $1783.95 per troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil fell 0.36 percent to $83.06 per barrel. The December Brent oil contract dropped 0.75 percent or 0.64, to $85.18 per barrel.

AUD/USD fell 0.2% to 0.7494 while AUD/JPY dropped 0.45% to 85.48.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.9% at 93.623

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