Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate Investment, IT and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.28% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP), which rose 5.24% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.01 at the close. Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) added 4.95% or 0.03 points to end at 0.53 and Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) was up 4.67% or 0.04 points to 0.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND), which lost 4.63% or 0.60 points to trade at 12.37 in late trade. Credit Corp Group Ltd (ASX:CCP) declined 4.54% or 0.79 points to end at 16.63 and Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) shed 4.43% or 0.05 points to 0.97.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 604 to 500 and 410 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 7.04% to 11.46.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.73% or 18.00 to $2,491.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.85% or 0.66 to hit $78.57 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.57 to trade at $81.41 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.15% to 97.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.93.