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

The Sydney closing price rose by 0.2%

These were the best performers of the session Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX) climbed 3.79%, or 2.11 points, to close at 57.78. Meanwhile, Washington H Soul Pattinson&Co Ltd (ASX:) added 3.34% or 1.04 points to end at 32.16 and Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.09% or 0.67 points to 22.36 in late trade.

These were the worst performers of the session. TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX:), fell 8.61%, or 0.570 points, to trade at 6.5050 at the closing. Codan Ltd (ASX 🙂 dropped 4.70% (0.46 points) to close at 9.32. Kogan.com Ltd. (ASX 🙂 was lower 4.22% (0.34 points) and to reach 7.71.

Stocks that are rising outnumbered those in decline on the Sydney Stock Exchange were 707 to 701 and 371 respectively, which ended unchanged.

Codan Ltd’s shares (ASX) plunged to their 52-week lows. They lost 4.70%, or 0.46 to 9.32. Kogan.com Ltd. (ASX) shares fell to 52 week lows, falling by 4.22% (0.34 to 7.71).

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.51% to 14.663.

For February delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.49% to $1771.25 per troy-ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 2.9% or 1.39 in January to $67.89/barrel, and February Brent oil, which rose 2.00% or 1.39 in February to $71.06/barrel.

AUD/USD fell 0.43% at 0.7063 while AUD/JPY dropped 0.26% to 80.05.

At 96.275, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.12%.