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Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 1.10% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 1.10%

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

The Sydney closing bell saw the rise of 1.10%.

These were the best performers of the session Flight Centre Ltd (ASX): traded at 18.87 after the close, up 6.61%. That’s an increase of 1.17 points. Meanwhile, Webjet Ltd (ASX 🙂 gained 5.83%, or 0.31 point to finish at 5.63. Qantas Airways Ltd was up 5.79% (or 0.27 points) to 4.93 in late trading.

They were also the session’s worst performers Nickel Mines Ltd (ASX) fell 13.17%, or 0.19 point to trade at 1.22 by the close. Rio Tinto Ltd. ASX: declined 7.73% (or 9.27 points) to finish at 110.61. Beach Energy Ltd. ASX: was down 5.90% (or 0.10 points) to 1.60.

The Sydney Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining stocks by 857 percent to 547, and ended the day unchanged at 380.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.91% to 17.12.

The April delivery of Gold Futures was lower by 0.14%, or 2.70, to $1985.50 per troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose by 2.57 to reach $111.28/barrel in April, and the May Brent Oil contract, which rose 3.51% to trade at $115.04.

The AUD/USD exchange rate was stable at 0.73 USD, but the AUD/JPY traded up 0.36% to 85.11.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.6% at 98.01.

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