Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pilbara Minerals Ltd (AX:PLS), which rose 15.00% or 0.105 points to trade at 0.805 at the close. Meanwhile, Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX) added 3.76% or 0.025 points to end at 0.690 and TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM) was up 3.53% or 0.240 points to 7.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eclipx Group Ltd (AX:ECX), which fell 4.29% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.670 at the close. Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM) declined 3.03% or 0.015 points to end at 0.480 and Platinum Asset Management Ltd (AX:PTM) was down 2.95% or 0.140 points to 4.610.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 635 to 463 and 368 ended unchanged.
Shares in Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM) fell to all time lows; falling 3.03% or 0.015 to 0.480.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.88% to 11.920.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1316.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.49% or 0.29 to hit $59.12 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.25 to trade at $66.99 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.25% to 0.7101, while AUD/JPY fell 0.13% to 78.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.387.