Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Industrials and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH), which rose 14.00% or 0.07 points to trade at 0.57 at the close. Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) added 13.85% or 0.16 points to end at 1.32 and Codan Ltd (ASX:CDA) was up 10.44% or 1.35 points to 14.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1), which lost 20.78% or 2.45 points to trade at 9.34 in late trade. Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:IFL) declined 15.70% or 0.46 points to end at 2.47 and Collins Foods Ltd (ASX:CKF) shed 12.70% or 1.12 points to 7.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 582 to 552 and 428 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 1.59% to 11.92.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.85 to $2,546.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.28% or 0.20 to hit $71.73 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $75.97 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.07% to 97.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 101.04.