Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the A-REITs, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL), which rose 9.90% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW) added 6.91% or 0.27 points to end at 4.18 and Cromwell Property Group (ASX:CMW) was up 5.71% or 0.02 points to 0.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX:TWE), which fell 7.81% or 0.94 points to trade at 11.04 at the close. Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) declined 4.72% or 0.10 points to end at 2.02 and EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) was down 2.50% or 0.03 points to 1.17.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 816 to 400 and 365 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.52% to 12.23.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 1.20 to $1,994.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.58% or 0.48 to hit $82.94 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.40 to trade at $87.25 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY rose 0.05% to 96.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 105.92.