Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Gold, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Veda Group Ltd (ASX:VED), which rose 31.33% or 0.625 points to trade at 2.620 at the close. Meanwhile, Nsreit Stapled (ASX:NSR) added 8.78% or 0.130 points to end at 1.610 and Newcrest Mining Ltd (ASX:NCM) was up 6.94% or 0.820 points to 12.630 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Paladin Energy Ltd (ASX:PDN), which fell 7.14% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.195 at the close. Arrium Ltd (ASX:ARI) declined 6.59% or 0.006 points to end at 0.085 and Drillsearch Energy Ltd (ASX:DLS) was down 5.66% or 0.030 points to 0.500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 533 to 389 and 167 ended unchanged.
Shares in Veda Group Ltd (ASX:VED) rose to all time highs; rising 31.33% or 0.625 to 2.620. Shares in Arrium Ltd (ASX:ARI) fell to all time lows; falling 6.59% or 0.006 to 0.085.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 6.17% to 23.324.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.98% or 10.90 to $1127.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.34% or 0.63 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.39 to trade at $48.69 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.71% to 0.7226, while AUD/JPY rose 0.48% to 86.50.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 94.72.