Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Resources and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT), which rose 10.83% or 0.065 points to trade at 0.665 at the close. Meanwhile, Santos Ltd (AX:STO) added 7.92% or 0.270 points to end at 3.680 and Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR) was up 7.70% or 0.605 points to 8.465 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ioof Holdings Ltd (AX:IFL), which fell 3.75% or 0.340 points to trade at 8.720 at the close. Mcmillan Shakespeare Ltd (AX:MMS) declined 3.59% or 0.440 points to end at 11.800 and Cromwell Property Group (AX:CMW) was down 2.56% or 0.025 points to 0.950.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 716 to 396 and 345 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cromwell Property Group (AX:CMW) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.56% or 0.025 to 0.950.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.26% to 13.612.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.75 to $1326.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.17% or 0.08 to hit $47.13 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $49.26 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.12% to 0.7683, while AUD/JPY rose 0.81% to 78.07.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 95.42.