Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Gold, Energy and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Cardno Ltd (ASX:CDD), which rose 19.07% or 0.450 points to trade at 2.810 at the close. Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) added 4.44% or 0.050 points to end at 1.175 and Worleyparsons Ltd (ASX:WOR) was up 4.43% or 0.460 points to 10.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bradken Ltd (ASX:BKN), which lost 3.54% or 0.080 points to trade at 2.180 in late trade. Dicksmith Fpo (ASX:DSH) declined 3.14% or 0.070 points to end at 2.160 and G8 Education Ltd (ASX:GEM) shed 3.08% or 0.120 points to 3.770.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 548 to 468 and 188 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.52% to 15.561.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.33% or 4.00 to $1208.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $60.72 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $66.53 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.41% to 0.7926, while AUD/JPY rose 0.14% to 95.69.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 95.15.