Australia shares higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.06%

Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the IT, Healthcare and Metals&Mining sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.06%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC), which rose 12.71% or 12.63 points to trade at 112.00 at the close. Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:IFL) added 7.28% or 0.22 points to end at 3.24 and Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:RMD) was up 5.92% or 2.11 points to 37.73 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN), which lost 4.98% or 1.79 points to trade at 34.12 in late trade. Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:RWC) declined 4.66% or 0.26 points to end at 5.32 and Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX:SUL) shed 4.35% or 0.69 points to 15.18.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 562 to 536 and 465 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 0.44% to 12.49.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.25% or 6.75 to $2,742.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $70.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.21 to trade at $74.59 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY fell 0.38% to 100.44.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 103.89.