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

The gained 1.15 percent at the Sydney close.

Zip Co Ltd (ASX) was the best performer of the session, rising 6.90% (0.06 points) to close at 0.93. Meanwhile, Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX) gained 6.29%, or 0.22 points, to reach 3.72 Altium Ltd Late trade saw an ASX increase of 6.19%, or 1.68 points, to 28.84

They were also the session’s worst performers Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX): The ASX fell 8.89% (0.48 points) to close at 4.92 Nufarm Ltd (ASX 🙂 fell 4.12%, or 0.25 points, to finish at 5.82. Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (ASX 🙂 dropped 3.75% or 1.12 to 28.77.

The Sydney Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining stocks by 904 to 525, and ended the day unchanged at 370.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.10% to 17.65.

The June delivery of Gold Futures was up 0.7%, or 1.37, to $1.842.57 per troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which fell 0.50% to reach $109.34/barrel, and July Brent oil, which fell 0.33 or 0.29% to trade at $111.71/barrel.

While AUD/USD was steady at 0.71 to 0.71 and AUD/JPY rose by 0.37%, to 90.39

At 102.95, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.19%.