Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Gold, Information Technology and Health Care sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Spotless Fp (ASX:SPO), which rose 3.98% or 0.08 points to trade at 2.09 at the close. Technology One Ltd (ASX:TNE) added 3.80% or 0.140 points to end at 3.820 and Dexus Property Group (ASX:DXS) was up 3.54% or 0.270 points to 7.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN), which lost 9.63% or 0.090 points to trade at 0.845 in late trade. Woolworths Ltd (ASX:WOW) declined 9.54% or 3.24 points to end at 30.71 and Beadell Resources Ltd (ASX:BDR) shed 7.25% or 0.025 points to 0.320.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 331 to 257 and 45 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 0.83% to 13.608.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1209.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 1.69% or 0.81 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 0.75% or 0.46 to trade at $60.94 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7802, while AUD/JPY fell 0.18% to 93.00.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 95.16.