Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.10%

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

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.10% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN), which rose 13.84% or 5.97 points to trade at 49.10 at the close. Meanwhile, A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M) added 8.89% or 0.51 points to end at 6.25 and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX:TWE) was up 8.59% or 0.95 points to 12.01 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Skycity Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SKC), which fell 6.88% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.29 at the close. Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) declined 6.12% or 0.05 points to end at 0.69 and Fletcher Building Ltd (ASX:FBU) was down 6.02% or 0.16 points to 2.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 614 to 503 and 439 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.82% to 11.52.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.18% or 4.80 to $2,690.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $67.81 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.11 to trade at $71.20 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 0.69, while AUD/JPY fell 0.94% to 98.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 100.26.