Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.80%

Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the rose 0.80% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the were Vocus Group Ltd (ASX:), which rose 8.11% or 0.240 points to trade at 3.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Orocobre Ltd (ASX:) added 6.58% or 0.210 points to end at 3.400 and Qube Holdings Ltd (ASX:) was up 5.60% or 0.190 points to 3.580 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:), which fell 9.05% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.105 at the close. Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:) declined 6.04% or 0.230 points to end at 3.580 and Perenti Global Ltd (ASX:) was down 4.18% or 0.070 points to 1.605.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 648 to 476 and 349 ended unchanged.

Shares in Qube Holdings Ltd (ASX:) rose to all time highs; up 5.60% or 0.190 to 3.580.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 8.55% to 11.184.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.37% or 5.75 to $1548.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $59.45 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $65.28 a barrel.

AUD/USD was up 0.31% to 0.6878, while AUD/JPY rose 0.37% to 75.38.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.125.

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