Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 1.15%
2022.05.20 10:46
Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 1.15%
Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Gold and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP), which rose 6.90% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) added 6.29% or 0.22 points to end at 3.72 and Altium Ltd (ASX:ALU) was up 6.19% or 1.68 points to 28.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW), which fell 8.89% or 0.48 points to trade at 4.92 at the close. Nufarm Ltd (ASX:NUF) declined 4.12% or 0.25 points to end at 5.82 and Woodside Petroleum Ltd (ASX:WPL) was down 3.75% or 1.12 points to 28.77.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 904 to 525 and 370 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.10% to 17.65.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.07% or 1.37 to $1,842.57 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.50% or 0.55 to hit $109.34 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.33 to trade at $111.71 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 0.71, while AUD/JPY rose 0.37% to 90.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 102.95.
