Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 1.06%
2022.04.29 10:54
Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 1.06%
Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Telecoms Services and Gold sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH), which rose 10.70% or 0.29 points to trade at 3.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) added 7.88% or 0.08 points to end at 1.09 and Nickel Mines Ltd (ASX:NIC) was up 7.35% or 0.09 points to 1.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN), which fell 13.88% or 0.63 points to trade at 3.91 at the close. Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW) declined 4.36% or 0.23 points to end at 5.05 and Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) was down 4.14% or 3.25 points to 75.31.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 879 to 572 and 398 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) fell to 52-week lows; down 13.88% or 0.63 to 3.91. Shares in Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.14% or 3.25 to 75.31.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 9.37% to 14.06.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.22% or 23.15 to $1,914.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.58% or 0.61 to hit $105.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.95% or 1.02 to trade at $108.28 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.96% to 0.72, while AUD/JPY rose 0.36% to 93.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 102.94.
