Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the gain is 1.38%.
The best performers of the session were Zip Co Ltd (ASX: ), which rose 9.61% or 0.27 points to trade at 3.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (ASX:) added 6.84% or 0.90 points to trade at 14.05 in late trade and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:) was up 5.93% or 0.04 points. to 0.63.
The worst performers of the session were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX: ), which was down 2.60% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.94 at the close. Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX: ) was down 2.00% or 0.59 points to 28.88 and Sims Metal Management Ltd (ASX: ) was down 2.01% or 0.27 points to 13.18.
On the Sydney Stock Exchange, gainers outnumbered decliners by 651 to 407, with 462 ending unchanged.
which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 6.01% at 11.10.
Gold futures for February delivery rose 0.28%, or 7.69, to $2,725.49 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude for March delivery rose 0.15% or 0.12 to $78.83 a barrel, while the March Brent crude contract rose 0.12% or 0.10 to $82. .13 dollars per barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.45% at 0.62, while AUD/JPY fell 0.72% to 96.74.
US dollar index futures rose 0.09% to 109.01.
