Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Computershare Ltd. (ASX:CPU), which rose 6.10% or 1.68 points to trade at 29.22 at the close. Bluescope Steel Ltd (ASX:BSL) added 5.52% or 1.20 points to end at 22.93 and Worley Ltd (ASX:WOR) was up 5.42% or 0.78 points to 15.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG), which lost 10.07% or 0.08 points to trade at 0.67 in late trade. Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) declined 8.39% or 0.26 points to end at 2.84 and Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) shed 6.46% or 0.33 points to 4.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 636 to 478 and 444 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 35.62% to 7.61 a new 5-year low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.44% or 11.75 to $2,664.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.56% or 0.40 to hit $72.09 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.49 to trade at $75.41 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.79% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.51% to 102.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 104.89.